Author: Richard RambussPublisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822321972
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
A study of sacred eroticism in Renaissance poetry.
Closet Devotions
Author: Richard RambussPublisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822321972
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
A study of sacred eroticism in Renaissance poetry.
Devotions for the Closet; ...
Author: Daily Devotions for the Closet
Author: Samuel MerivaleDaily Devotions for the Closet
Author: Samuel MerivalePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Prayer-books
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
The Closet - Being an Aid to Private Devotion, Containing Directions and Helps for Reading the Scriptures, Meditation, Self-Examination, and Prayer
Author: Harvey NewcombPublisher: Hildreth Press
ISBN: 1444628178
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Devotions for the Family and the Closet from the Manual of a Country Clergyman
Author: Country clergymanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Devotional exercises
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Closet Devotions
Author: Richard RambussPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Religion and sex, body and soul, sacred and profane: In Closet Devotions, Richard Rambuss 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. Rather than dismissing such expression as mere convention, Rambuss takes it seriously as a form of erotic discourse, one that gives voice to desires that, outside the sphere of sacred rapture, would otherwise be deemed taboo. Through startling rereadings of works ranging from the devotional verse of the metaphysical poets (Donne, Herbert, Crashaw, and Traherne) to photographer Andres Serrano's controversial "Piss Christ," from Renaissance religious iconography to contemporary gay porn, Rambuss uncovers the highly charged erotic imagery that suffuses religious devotional art and literature. And he explores one of Christian culture's most guarded (and literal) closets--the prayer closet itself, a privileged space where the vectors of same-sex desire can travel privately between the worshiper and his or her God. Elegantly written and theoretically astute, Closet Devotions illuminates the ways in which sacred Christian devotion is homoeroticized, a phenomenon that until now has gone unexplored in current scholarship on religion, the body, and its passions. This book will attract readers across a wide array of disciplines, including gay and lesbian studies, literary theory and criticism, Renaissance studies, and religion.
Author: Harvey Newcomb
Author: Robert Murrey
Author: Samuel Merivale