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On Jesus:
Using Cervantes, Montaigne, and Others
Daniel Martin
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Paperback | 220 pages
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Summary
On Jesus introduces you to mnemonics, an art that was discovered in 600 b.c., and which is one of the five parts of the art of writing. This book marries religion with mnemonics, which is also the art memory. Religious people as well as nonbelievers will be curious to learn what many famous writers wrote surreptitiously about Jesus. By decoding the mnemonic structure of certain texts, statements are revealed that authors had to hide during the Inquisition. For instance, according to Martin, Cervantes, in his Don Quixote, has a character state that Jesus is the cause of all the suffering in the world. Not all these hidden statements are antireligious and the book offers a healthy balance. Indeed, one of the authors examined in this book is Saint John of the Cross. This book also deals with the ways in which many educators, philosophers, and poets felt about images.
About the Author
Born in Madrid, Spain, Daniel Martin was educated in French schools from ages six through nineteen. At the age of twenty-eight, he moved to America where he became a U.S. citizen. In the United States, he received his Ph.D. in romance languages and literatures from Yale University in 1974. He taught French at the University of Massachusetts for nearly thirty years and retired a few years ago. He is the author of various books and articles in English, French, and Spanish.
Reviews
Professor Martin, using his extensive knowledge of languages, literature, Greek mythology, and memory, has creatively dissected Catholicism, including the Eucharist, the Stations of the Cross, and the image of Jesus.
- John Bonsignore, Professor of Legal Studies, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
In the culminating work of his career, Daniel Martin applies his mastery of the Renaissance hermetic art of memory to key authors of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. He identifies a pattern of covert but scathing criticism of abuses of religion (in Rabelais) and of the thing itself in Montaigne and Cervantes. This book may shock some readers; but it can be counted on to provoke and instruct students of the period.
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Eugene Hill, Professor of English, Mount Holyoke College
Martin has successfully engaged Montaigne and Cervantes, two authors known for addressing social issues in narrative form while sharing a critical view of the world and a common struggle for freedom.
- Miguel Marinas, Professor of Political Science, University of Madrid, Spain
Daniel Martin has written a very timely book. So many of our contemporary concerns--such as terrorism and religious fanaticism—were already old news in the Renaissance, as was water-boarding, a harsh interrogation technique approved by the Pope (see an illustration of this holy act on page 150). Also, this book deals with the ways in which many educators, philosophers, and poets, including Shakespeare, felt about images, a necessary component of the art of memory.
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The editors, Hestia Press, Publisher, Amherst, Massachusetts
Excerpts
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Essays - 1.06MB PDF
