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Project
The visions of Hildegard van Bingen in the context of twelfth-century performative exegesis.
This project examines the use of allegory in twelfth-century exegetic literature from monastic circles. The central text is Hildegard of Bingen’s visionary trilogy, which is linked to allegorical commentaries and parables. The project examines the hypothesis that this use of allegory is didactic and serves to dramatise the reader’s role in the text.
Date:1 Oct 2015 → 30 Sep 2019
Keywords:imaginative theology, Rupert of Deutz, allegoresis, Bernard of Clairvaux, monastic literature, performative reading, Hildegard of Bingen, allegory, exegesis
Disciplines:Theology and religious studies, Language studies, Theory and methodology of literary studies, Theory and methodology of language studies, History, Literary studies, Other languages and literary studies, Theory and methodology of linguistics