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Stoicism and Consolation
(LIR. journal, 2015)
In this essay, Stoic consolation is presented by help of Seneca
and his treatises on consolation addressed to two women, his
mother Helvia and his relative Marcia. Consolation according to
Seneca consists in arguments ...
A Quantum of Solace and Heap of Doubt
(LIR. journal, 2015)
The article examines two lines of reasoning for consolation on
the basis of a religious belief about life after death. The first
line departs from the presumed consoling power of such a
belief (summarized in the ...
Consolation as Graced Encounters with Ignatius of Loyola and Hélène Cixous
(LIR. journal, 2015)
This article suggests that the sixteenth-century Basque saint
Ignatius of Loyola and the French thinker Hélène Cixous experienced
consolation in unexpected encounters with texts. For
Ignatius, consolation came as a ...
Consolation of Literature as Rhetorical Tradition: Issues and Examples
(LIR. journal, 2015)
This article investigates a tradition of consolation in order to
explore rhetorical strategies and literary devices of consolatory
texts. The aim is to elucidate how the view of consolation has
varied through history ...
Consolations of a New Earth
(LIR. journal, 2015)
In a marginalized group, personal suffering is inescapably
united to excluding social and political structures and situations.
To provide consolation to an individual then also involves
showing a way of how the group ...
The Consolation of Things: Domestic Objects in H.D.’s Writing from the Second World War
(LIR. journal, 2015)
This paper analyses the spiritual consolation of domestic
objects – Christmas decorations, food, flowers – in the writing
of the American writer H.D. The paper asks how H.D.’s engagement
with crafting material things ...
Editorial: Consolation – literary and religious perspectives
(LIR. journal, 2015)
On the Deathbed: Margaret Cavendish on What to Say in Times of Grief
(LIR. journal, 2015)
The article highlights a couple of fictitious speeches of dying
persons, written by the 17th century philosopher, dramatist and
author Margaret Cavendish. The speeches are included in her
book Orations of Divers Sorts, ...
Consolation in Christian Heinrich Postel’s Biblical Opera Libretto
(LIR. journal, 2015)
This essay discusses the prominence of the consolation theme
in Christian Heinrich Postel’s biblical opera libretto Cain und
Abel Oder Der verzweifelnde Bruder=Mörder (Hamburg, 1689).
It is shown that in this drama the ...
The Consolation of Pirandello’s Green Blanket and an Autistic Theology
(LIR. journal, 2015)
Luigi Pirandello’s 1926 novel One, No One and One Hundred
Thousand depicts its protagonist Vitangelo Moscarda as a
troubled, introspective searcher for reality. Moscarda finds
ultimate salvation though a mystical ...