Imagining Jesus Christ in Middle English Literature, 1275-1475

Royal Traitor, Heroic Lamb

AvTheresa Tinkle

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

Del i serien New Middle Ages

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Beskrivning

This book interprets Jesus Christ as a complicated, disunified literary character in Middle English literature, where he appears variously as king, traitor, victorious conqueror, sacrificial lamb, heroic knight, lover, and spouse--often as several contradictory figures in a single work.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-09-17
Mått:148 x 210 x 20 mm
Vikt:468 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:New Middle Ages
Antal sidor:251
Upplaga:2024
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031650758

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

Theresa Tinkle is a Professor within the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Michigan, USA. Previous publications include Medieval Venuses and Cupids: Sexuality and Hermeneutics in English Poetry (1996) and Gender and Power in Medieval Exegesis (Palgrave, 2010). Theresa’s academic training and publications include the study of medieval English and Latin literature, the medieval reception of the Bible, gender and sexuality studies, paleography and manuscript studies, composition and pedagogy, and disability studies.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1. -Reading Medieval God-Texts. -Chapter 2.- King at the Nativity. -Chapter 3. -King, Traitor, and Thief at the Passion. -Chapter 4. -Sir John Mandeville’s God(s). -Chapter 5. -“Verray God & Verray Man”: Nicholas Love’s Mirror of the Blessed Life of Jesus Christ. -Chapter 6.- York’s Jesus: Crowned King and Traitor Attainted Afterword.