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Between Vita Activa and Vita Contemplativa: Epistolary Forms of Otium in Early Modern Italy

Between Vita Activa and Vita Contemplativa: Epistolary Forms of Otium in Early Modern Italy

Guidi, Andrea
Frommer, Judith

Hardcover

Series: Otium, Book 28

PhilosophyGeneral European History

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ISBN10: 316162288X
ISBN13: 9783161622885
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: Apr 1 2024
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.85
Language: German
Letters went viral in early modern Italy, with politics and social interaction, artistic inspiration as well as spirituality and philosophy all hinging on ingenious epistolary cultures. Correspondence fashioned intellectuals and networks, constructed thoughts and schemes, provided a stage for politics and the arts, reflected on existential questions and professional activities. It involved not only writing, but diplomacy, praying, painting, composing, and other forms of artistic expression. And while being a vital activity of everyday lives, epistolary communication also uncovered new spaces of thought, meditation, and creativity. The articles gathered in this volume trace the epistolary threads spun across early modern Italy and unravel the entanglements of their correspondents' active and contemplative lives. They reveal different forms of an epistolary otium which was both an indispensable social activity and an essential method of contemplation.

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