Shaking up the enlightenment : jansenist Convulsionnaires and their witnesses in mid-eighteenth-century paris
Other Title(s)
زعزعة التنوير : طقوس تشنج متبعي المذهب الينسيني و مشاهديهم
Author
Source
Alif : Journal Of Comparative Poetics
Issue
Vol. 2021, Issue 41 (31 Dec. 2021), pp.8-37, 30 p.
Publisher
American University at Cairo Department of English and Comparative Literature
Publication Date
2021-12-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
30
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
A bizarre sort of spectacle rivetted Paris between 1758 and 1760: assemblies organized by fringe cells of the Jansenist convulsionary movement where female adepts endured crucifixions and other brutal mortifications—often before sizable audiences.
Starting with the question of what prompted these macabre demonstrations of religious faith in the middle of Enlightenment-era Paris, this article considers how they were understood historically by contemporary commentators.
It specifically explores the role of print culture in disseminating the narratives of these crucifying convulsionnaires, paying particular attention to the strategic use of eye-witness reports in Frédéric Melchior Grimm’s elite periodical Correspondance littéraire, philosophique et critique.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Vila, Anne C.. 2021. Shaking up the enlightenment : jansenist Convulsionnaires and their witnesses in mid-eighteenth-century paris. Alif : Journal Of Comparative Poetics،Vol. 2021, no. 41, pp.8-37.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1368559
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Vila, Anne C.. Shaking up the enlightenment : jansenist Convulsionnaires and their witnesses in mid-eighteenth-century paris. Alif : Journal Of Comparative Poetics No. 41 (2021), pp.8-37.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1368559
American Medical Association (AMA)
Vila, Anne C.. Shaking up the enlightenment : jansenist Convulsionnaires and their witnesses in mid-eighteenth-century paris. Alif : Journal Of Comparative Poetics. 2021. Vol. 2021, no. 41, pp.8-37.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1368559
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
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BIM-1368559