Promiscuous grace: imagining beauty and holiness with Saint Mary of Egypt
"Theologians, poets, artists, and laypeople alike have been fascinated by Saint Mary of Egypt's legend since it was first recorded in the seventh century. Mary's prominence is religious and symbolic, encompassing sin and sanctity, the excesses of nymphomania and asceticism, the charms...
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| Type de support: | Numérique/imprimé Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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Chicago London
The University of Chicago Press
2023
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| Dans: | Année: 2023 |
| Collection/Revue: | Class 200: new studies in religion
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| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Marie, von Ägypten
/ Art
/ Littérature religieuse
/ Esthétique
/ Sainteté
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Sciences des religions AG Vie religieuse CD Christianisme et culture KCD Hagiographie |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Holiness
B Christian saints in literature B Beauty, Personal Religious aspects Christianity B Christian saints in art B Mary of Egypt, Saint |
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Table des matières Quatrième de couverture Literaturverzeichnis Volltext (doi) |
| Édition parallèle: | Électronique
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| Résumé: | "Theologians, poets, artists, and laypeople alike have been fascinated by Saint Mary of Egypt's legend since it was first recorded in the seventh century. Mary's prominence is religious and symbolic, encompassing sin and sanctity, the excesses of nymphomania and asceticism, the charms of nubile youth and the wrinkles of old age. In Promiscuous Grace, scholar of religion Sonia Velázquez thinks with Saint Mary of Egypt about what beauty has to do with holiness. With an archive spanning medieval Spanish poetry, Baroque paintings, a seventeenth-century hagiographic drama, and Balzac's treatment of Saint Mary in Le chef-d'oeuvre inconnu, Velázquez argues for the relevance of the appeal to the senses and the importance of the surface in religious texts. She draws on insights from philosophy, literary history and theory, and religious, visual and gender studies, and pays close attention to the texture of the words and images that make the legend of Saint Mary of Egypt come alive and remain relevant today"-- |
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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0226826082 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.7208/chicago/9780226826097.001.0001 |