Doubting the Divine in Early Modern Europe - The Revival of Momus, the Agnostic God

Informationen zum Autor George McClure is Professor of History at the University of Alabama, where he has taught since 1986. He is the author of Sorrow and Consolation in Italian Humanism (2016), which won the Marraro Prize of the Society for Italian Historical Studies and The Culture of Profession in Late Renaissance Italy (2004). Klappentext Explores the hidden history of unbelief in the early modern era through the lens of Momus, the Greek god of criticism and mockery. Zusammenfassung This book explores the hidden history of unbelief in the early modern era through the lens of Momus! the Greek god of criticism and mockery. Examining his revival in Italy! France! Spain! Germany! the Netherlands! and England! it shows how Momus became a code for religious doubt in an age in which such writings remained dangerous for authors. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The classical tradition ; 2. Renaissance Antihero: Leon Battista Alberti's Momus, the novel; 3. Momus and the reformation; 4. The execution of Giordano Bruno; 5. Milton's Lucifer; 6. God of Modern critics; 7. Conclusion: Momus and modernism.

Product details

• Authors: George McClure, George (University of Alabama) Mcclure, MCCLURE GEORGE
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781108470278
• ISBN: 978-1-108-47027-8
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Europe, HISTORY / Asia / General, Social & cultural history, c 1500 onwards to present day, Social and cultural history, Literary studies: general, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, History and Archaeology, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, Agnosticism and atheism, Agnosticism & Atheism, Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600