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100 | 1 | ▼aVelázquez, Sonia.▲ | |
245 | 1 | 0 | ▼aPromiscuous grace :▼bimagining beauty and holiness with Saint Mary of Egypt /▼cSonia Velázquez.▲ |
260 | ▼aChicago :▼bThe University of Chicago Press,▼c2023.▲ | ||
300 | ▼a232 p. ;▼c23 cm▲ | ||
490 | 1 | ▼aClass 200: new studies in religion▲ | |
504 | ▼aIncludes bibliographical references and index.▲ | ||
520 | ▼a"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"--▼cProvided by publisher.▲ | ||
600 | 0 | 0 | ▼aMary,▼cof Egypt, Saint.▲ |
650 | 0 | ▼aChristian saints in art.▲ | |
650 | 0 | ▼aChristian saints in literature.▲ | |
650 | 0 | ▼aBeauty, Personal▼xReligious aspects▼xChristianity.▲ | |
650 | 0 | ▼aHoliness.▲ |
Promiscuous grace : imagining beauty and holiness with Saint Mary of Egypt
Document Type
Foreign Book
Title
Promiscuous grace : imagining beauty and holiness with Saint Mary of Egypt / Sonia Velázquez.
Author
Publication
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press , 2023.
Physical Description
232 p. ; 23 cm
Series Title
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Note
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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9780226826080 9780226826103
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226 V434p
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