Between vita activa and vita contemplativa

Epistolary Forms of otium in Early Modern Italy
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-3-16-162288-5
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Deutsch, Englisch, Italienisch, Band 28, 160 Seiten, Festeinband, Format (B × H): 232 mm x 155 mm, Gewicht: 376 g

Reihe: Otium

Letters went viral in early modern Italy, with politics and social interaction, artistic inspiration as well as spirituality and philosophy all hinging on ingenious epistolary cultures. Correspondence fashioned intellectuals and networks, constructed thoughts and schemes, provided a stage for politics and the arts, reflected on existential questions and professional activities. It involved not only writing, but diplomacy, praying, painting, composing, and other forms of artistic expression. And while being a vital activity of everyday lives, epistolary communication also uncovered new spaces of thought, meditation, and creativity. The articles gathered in this volume trace the epistolary threads spun across early modern Italy and unravel the entanglements of their correspondents' active and contemplative lives. They reveal different forms of an epistolary otium which was both an indispensable social activity and an essential method of contemplation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Frömmer, Judith

Guidi, Andrea

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Dialog & Beziehungen zwischen Religionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Judith Frömmer/Andrea Guidi: Between vita activa and vita contemplativa: Letter Writing in Early Modern Italy - Paolo Rigo: L'amico-tribuno: Petrarca, l'otium e Roma (e sulla strategia narrativa di alcune epistole del VII libro delle Familiares) - Maria Serena Sapegno: Vittoria Colonna e Michelangelo, uno scambio intenso - Stefano Saracino: Machiavellis private und politische Freundschaften nach 1512: Geselligkeit als Strategie der Rehabilitation - Judith Frömmer/Andrea Guidi: Machiavellian Missions: The Carpi-Correspondence with Francesco Guicciardini - Davide Cosi: Filosofia e religione come affetto e stato: l'educazione nelle lettere di Alessandra Macinghi Strozzi tra vita attiva e vita contemplativa - Anthony M. Cummings: Leisure, Music, and Metaphoric Epistolarity

Über Autor(innen)

Guidi, Andrea
is Senior Assistant Professor at the University of Bologna, Italy.

Frömmer, Judith
is Professor of Italian and French Literature and Media Studies at the University of Vienna, Austria.