How Long to Read Mourning Into Joy

How Long Does it Take to Read Mourning Into Joy?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 12 minutes to read Mourning Into Joy by Thomas Connolly

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Although Saint Cecilia is venerated throughout the Western world as the patron saint of music and Raphael's famous painting The Ecstasy of Saint Cecilia is filled with musical iconography, the ancient origins of Cecilia's association with music have long been shrouded in mystery. This book, a masterful investigation of the Cecilian cult from its beginnings in Christian antiquity down to the Renaissance, explains how Cecilia came to be linked with music and offers a new interpretation of Raphael's painting. Thomas Connolly finds the key to the mystery in a theme he identifies as "mourning-into-joy." This theme, rooted in the Bible and in Aristotle's doctrine of the passions of the soul, became prominent in the visual and literary arts as well as in theology and spirituality and expressed the soul's passages between vice and virtue as a conversion of sadness into joy. According to Connolly, this idea strongly influenced the legend and worship of Saint Cecilia, a model for all who sought spiritual transformation. Connolly argues that the medieval mystical mind saw music as an intimate expression of the experiences of conversion and spiritual growth and that the conjunction of spirit and music became crystallized in the figure of the saint. His explanation not only provides a better understanding of Raphael's work and other Renaissance and Baroque art but also clarifies puzzling literary questions concerning Saint Cecilia, such as Chaucer's treatment of her in "The Second Nun's Tale."

How long is Mourning Into Joy?

Mourning Into Joy by Thomas Connolly is 365 pages long, and a total of 93,075 words.

This makes it 123% the length of the average book. It also has 114% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Mourning Into Joy Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 28 minutes to read Mourning Into Joy aloud.

What Reading Level is Mourning Into Joy?

Mourning Into Joy is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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