Landscapes of the Song of Songs

Poetry and Place

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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Beskrivning

In this masterful new study of the ancient poetry of The Song of Songs, Elaine T. James explores the Song's underlying interest in the natural world. Engaging with the fields of geography, landscape architecture, and literature, James critiques the tendency of scholars to reify a perceived dichotomy between "nature" and "culture" and instead argues that the poetic attention to landscape indicates an awareness of a viewer. Nature is here a poetic device that informs James's close-readings of agrarianism, gardens, cities, social control, and feminism and the gaze in the Song. With this two-fold emphasis on landscape and lyric, Landscape of the Song of Songs shows how the Song persistently envisions a world in which human lovers are embedded in the natural world, complexly enfolded in relationships of fragility and care.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-08-03
Mått:155 x 236 x 33 mm
Vikt:640 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:248
Förlag:OUP USA
ISBN:9780190619015

Utforska kategorier

Poesi inom Skönlitteratur
Judiska heliga texter inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Elaine T. James is Assistant Professor of Theology, St. Catherine University

Recensioner i media

In this elegant study, James deftly maps the multifaceted landscapes of the Song with a combination of expert poetic analysis and nuanced interpretation, along with judicious use of ancient Near Eastern archaeological and topographical evidence and current ecological and environmental perspectives. Though primarily explicating the Song of Songs in its literary, social, and eco-historical context, this study offers bracing, delectable food for thought regarding a responsible "ethics of care" amidst our pressing ecological crisis. I highly recommend this volume; it is guaranteed to expand one's horizons on this provocative biblical book.