 | Affective Meditation and the Invention of Medieval Compassion Subjects: Devotional literature English (Middle) -- History and criticism; Devotional literature Italian -- History and criticism; Devotional literature Latin (Medieval and Modern) -- History and criticism; Jesus Christ -- Passion -- Prayers and devotions -- His; This book offers a new history of a major medieval genre, affective meditations on the Passion. It argues that women were instrumental in the creation of this genre, and it illuminates how these scripts for the performance of prayer served to construct compassion itself as an intimate and feminine emotion. Sarah McNamer is Associate Professor of English at Georgetown University. |
