Closet Devotions

"Closet Devotions" is a bold and original work. Rambuss asks us to take seriously the relation between sexual and religious affect in the Renaissance devotional lyric, without reducing one to the other. In a series of virtuoso readings, he brings together two previously distant fields of scholarly inquiry, enriching our sense of the affective intensity of religious lyric at the same time that he demonstrates the astonishing scope of human sexuality."--John David Guillory, Harvard University

Info autore

Richard Rambuss

Riassunto

Traces the relays between these cultural formations by examining the issue of "sacred eroticism," the literary or artistic expression of devotional feelings in erotic terms that has repeatedly occurred over the centuries.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Rambuss, Richard Rambuss
• Editore: Duke University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 26.08.1998
• EAN: 9780822321804
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-2180-4
• Pagine: 208
• Peso: 567 g
• Illustrazioni: 14 illustrations
• Serie: Series Q; Series Q
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata