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Alfonso de la Torre's Visión Deleytable
Philosophical Rationalism and the Religious Imagination in 15th Century Spain
Series: - Medieval Iberian Peninsula, Volume: 14
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The sources, content and fate of the 15th-century allegorical fable
Visión Deleytable are examined from three angles: as a medieval compendium of religious philosophy, as a major influence in Spanish literature, and as an invaluable historical source on Jewish-Christian interactions in medieval Spain.
The volume is divided into three sections. The first part considers Visión's didacticism within the Jewish and Christian frames of education in 15th-century Spain. The second part includes a review of Visión's philosophical content as a comprehensive articulation of a rationalist Weltanschauung. The final section traces its intriguing editorial fate and literary influence through the 17th century in Spain, Italy and the Netherlands.
It is Visión's first systematic study from the dual perspective of a Hispanist and a Hebraist.
The volume is divided into three sections. The first part considers Visión's didacticism within the Jewish and Christian frames of education in 15th-century Spain. The second part includes a review of Visión's philosophical content as a comprehensive articulation of a rationalist Weltanschauung. The final section traces its intriguing editorial fate and literary influence through the 17th century in Spain, Italy and the Netherlands.
It is Visión's first systematic study from the dual perspective of a Hispanist and a Hebraist.
Luis M. Girón-Negrón, Ph.D. (1997) in Religion, Harvard University, is Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Romance Languages and Literatures also at Harvard. He has published several articles on religion and literature in late medieval and early modern Iberia.
This study will interest scholars of Jewish studies, medieval and Golden Age Spanish literature and religious history, history of medieval philosophy, the Kabbalah and comparative religion.