IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 1533: Empire of the Son, I: The Mystical Poetry of Pseudo-Hadewijch
Thursday 10 July 2014, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Mystical Theology Network |
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| Organiser: | Rob Faesen, Faculteit Theologie en Religiewetenschappen, KU Leuven / Ruusbroecgenootschap, Universiteit Antwerpen |
| Moderator/Chair: | Louise Nelstrop, Kellogg College, University of Oxford |
| Paper 1533-a | Nobility in Nothingness: The Typology of Deification in Pseudo-Hadewijch (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Dutch, Theology |
| Paper 1533-b | The Wild, Wide Oneness: The Empire of the Soul According to Pseudo-Hadewijch (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Dutch, Theology |
| Paper 1533-c | Happiness in Lack: Pseudo-Hadewijch's 'Poem 17' (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Dutch, Theology |
| Abstract | In the landscape of late 13th-century / early 14th-century Middle Dutch mystical literature, the poem cycle by the anonymous author known as Pseudo-Hadewijch occupies an important but hitherto undervalued place. This session explores various aspects of the mystical theology in these poems. In the 'mystique courtoise' tradition, these poems blend courtly themes such as nobility and mystical themes such as self-abnegation in describing the soul's union with God. |