2 papers in the library · publishing 2026
August 11, 2026 Frances Clemente
Abstract Chapter 2, ‘Religion’, provides an account of mystical ecstasy in the period under investigation, pointing to its ambiguous status and the ways it embodied a modern and disquieting form of religious experience. It shows how the disorderly traits associated with ecstatic phenomena led the Catholic establishment to adopt an ambivalent attitude towards them. It highlights that such an...
November 30, 2026 Frances Clemente
Abstract The book investigates the notion of ecstasy in Italian culture and literature between 1861 and 1915. Combining historical and cultural investigation with literary analysis, it traces the circulation and spreading of ecstatic phenomena in a variety of different discourses, specifically, those related to religion, science, and ‘occulture’, and the ways they were portrayed by Italian...