Open AccessDe los espejos, el fénix y la mujer seráfica: imágenes platónicas del alma en las obras de Marguerite Porete, Hadewijch van Brabant y Mechthild von Magdeburg
Author(s) -
Pablo Acosta-García
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cuadernos del cemyr
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2530-8378
pISSN - 1135-125X
DOI - 10.25145/j.cemyr.2020.28.01
Subject(s) - fountain , soul , theme (computing) , humanities , art , order (exchange) , philosophy , art history , theology , visual arts , computer science , finance , economics , operating system
The main focus of this essay is the study of the image of the mirror in the works of religious women from the 13th and 14th centuries (Mechthild von Magdeburg, Hadewijch van Brabant and Marguerite Porete), especially regarding the Platonic tradition which links this image with the soul. I will examine fragments of their literary work in order to discuss some physiological, anthropological and theological preconceptions implied in the use of the mirror-image, especially those developments concerning self-knowledge and deification (theosis). Additionally, I analyze the relationships between the mirror and the “mystique courtoise,” particularly with the theme of the Fountain of Narcissus