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The Serpent and the Rose: The Immaculate Conception and Hispanic Poetry in the Late Medieval Period
Series: - Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions, Volume: 132
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The Serpent and the Rose examines the theological and liturgical context for the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception in the Middle Ages, from primary sources in Iberian archives. Its main focus is a study of Marian poetry from Alfonso the Wise and Gonzalo de Berceo through to the poetry collections of the late fifteenth century, showing how poets took themes from the Bible and apocryphal literature, combining them to defend and praise Mary’s conception without sin. Individual chapters assess how they depicted Mary’s prefiguration in the Old Testament by the Woman who defeated the serpent, the young bride of the Song of Songs, or the semi-deity, Wisdom, how they portray her as the mystic rose and as the new Eve.
Lesley K. Twomey completed her doctorate on the topic of the Immaculate Conception in Castilian and Catalan poetry in 1995 and since then has published a number of articles on the subject. She is Head of the Department of Modern Languages at Northumbria University.
"There is no question that The Serpent and the Rose is the definite guide to the representation of the Virgin Mary's Immaculate Conception in late medieval Hispanic poetry as it is meticulously researched and well supported. Hispanists and medievalists must be indepted to Twomey for this superb rendering of the Virgin Mary and her Immaculate Conception". – Naomi M. J. Hoogesteger, Durham, in: Medium Ævum, Vol. 78, no. 1 (2009). pp. 152-153
"There is in this study much to learn about the medieval mind and how it approaches and evaluates one of the central notions of its faith. Twomey has given us a highly useful book which will find a place in the libraries of Hispanists as well as non-Hispanists." – Joseph T. Snow, Michigan State University (Emeritus), in: Bulletin of Spanish Studies, 87/7 (2010), pp. 984-986
"Lesley Twomey’s book offers far more than its subtitle can contain." – Miri Rubin, Queen Mary, University of London, QMed Book of the Month
"There is in this study much to learn about the medieval mind and how it approaches and evaluates one of the central notions of its faith. Twomey has given us a highly useful book which will find a place in the libraries of Hispanists as well as non-Hispanists." – Joseph T. Snow, Michigan State University (Emeritus), in: Bulletin of Spanish Studies, 87/7 (2010), pp. 984-986
"Lesley Twomey’s book offers far more than its subtitle can contain." – Miri Rubin, Queen Mary, University of London, QMed Book of the Month
Foreword, Alan Deyermond
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Conception Liturgies: In Praise of the Rose
3. Good and Evil: Theological Debate about Mary
4. ‘Discordans d’opinió’: Literary Discord in Spain
5. The Serpent Crushed
6. The Immaculate Virgin: Matchless Maiden
7. The Rose-garden: Beauty and Purity
8. The Rose, Perfect from the Beginning of Time
9. The New Eve
10. The Virgin and the Kiss: Apocryphal Birth Narratives and the Immaculate Conception
Bibliography
Index
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Conception Liturgies: In Praise of the Rose
3. Good and Evil: Theological Debate about Mary
4. ‘Discordans d’opinió’: Literary Discord in Spain
5. The Serpent Crushed
6. The Immaculate Virgin: Matchless Maiden
7. The Rose-garden: Beauty and Purity
8. The Rose, Perfect from the Beginning of Time
9. The New Eve
10. The Virgin and the Kiss: Apocryphal Birth Narratives and the Immaculate Conception
Bibliography
Index
All those interested in the history of the development of Marian doctrines, mariologists, those interested in the history of the Franciscan or Dominican Orders, those working on medieval liturgy, as well as critics of Hispanic literature, both Castilian and Catalan.