| Loyola's Bees: Ideology and Industry in Jesuit Latin Didactic Poetry Contributor(s): Haskell, Yasmin Annabel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0197262848 ISBN-13: 9780197262849 Publisher: British Academy OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2003 Annotation: This is the first dedicated study of the classical-style, Latin didactic poetry produced by the Society of Jesus in the early modern period. The Jesuits were the most prolific composers of such poetry, teaching all manner of arts and sciences: meteorology and magnetism, raising chickens and children, the arts of sculpture and engraving, writing and conversation, the social and medicinal benefits of coffee and chocolate, the pious life and the urbane life. Dr. Haskell accounts for this investment in so secular a genre by considering the Society's educational and ideological values and practices. Extensive quotation from the poems reveals their literary qualities, compositional methods, and traditions. The poems also command scholarly attention for what they reveal about social, cultural, and intellectual life in this period. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Religion | Christianity - Literature & The Arts - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 871.040 |
| Series: British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs |
| Physical Information: 1.04" H x 6.48" W x 9.53" (1.57 lbs) 366 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Catholic - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the first dedicated study of the classical-style, Latin didactic poetry produced by the Society of Jesus in the early modern period. The Jesuits were the most prolific composers of such poetry, teaching all manner of arts and sciences: meteorology and magnetism, raising chickens and children, the arts of sculpture and engraving, writing and conversation, the social and medicinal benefits of coffee and chocolate, the pious life and the urbane life. Dr. Haskell accounts for this investment in so secular a genre by considering the Society's educational and ideological values and practices. Extensive quotation from the poems reveals their literary qualities, compositional methods, and traditions. The poems also command scholarly attention for what they reveal about social, cultural, and intellectual life in this period. |