Jane Ellen Harrison and a Ritual Aesthetic: The Early 20th Century Turn Towards Materiality, Embodiment and Performativity in the Arts

This article considers the classicist Jane Ellen Harrison's ritual theory of art as part of an intellectual, cultural and aesthetic zeitgeist occurring at the beginning of the 20th century. While centred on ancient Greek culture and art, Harrison's work is directly connected to her concern...

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Main Author: Enemark, Nina (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press [2020]
In: Literature and theology
Year: 2020, Volume: 34, Issue: 1, Pages: 41-63
RelBib Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
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VA Philosophy
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