Loyola's acts
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In this revisionist study of the Acta of Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus and a major figure of the Counterreformation, Marjorie O'Rourke Boyle argues that the text - revered by the Jesuits as his autobiography and considered a literal, documentary account - is, rather, epideictic rhetoric, an exemplary mirror of vainglory.
Written in the tradition of renaissance studies on individualism, Loyola's Acts offers a powerful heuristic for interpreting a wide range of texts within the Christian tradition from the patristic to the baroque ages. Boyle's secular treatment of a canonized saint offers revealing insight into how a prestigious sixteenth-century figure like Loyola understood himself.
Thus, Loyola's text becomes a fascinating window through which Boyle interprets and illuminates renaissance culture, rhetoric, and spirituality.
Written in the tradition of renaissance studies on individualism, Loyola's Acts offers a powerful heuristic for interpreting a wide range of texts within the Christian tradition from the patristic to the baroque ages. Boyle's secular treatment of a canonized saint offers revealing insight into how a prestigious sixteenth-century figure like Loyola understood himself.
Thus, Loyola's text becomes a fascinating window through which Boyle interprets and illuminates renaissance culture, rhetoric, and spirituality.
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