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Autore |
Czachesz Istvan <1968-> |
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Titolo |
The grotesque body in early Christian discourse : hell, scatology, and metamorphosis / / Istvan Czachesz |
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Sheffield ; ; Bristol, CT, : Equinox Pub., 2012 |
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Sheffield ; ; Bristol, CT : , : Equinox Pub., , 2012 |
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1-317-54404-8 |
1-315-72881-8 |
1-84465-741-8 |
1-84553-885-4 |
1-317-54405-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (viii, 232 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Soggetti |
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Christian literature, Early - History and criticism |
Human body in literature |
Grotesque in literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [189] - 216 p.) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Hell -- Grotesque bodies in the Christian underworld -- Torture in Hell and reality -- Body and mortality -- The bride of the demon -- Scatology -- Deviance labeling : the politics of the grotesque -- Scatological humor -- Metamorphoses -- Polymorphy -- Speaking asses and other devoted animals -- Metamorphoses of Christ -- Counterintuitiveness and embodiment : the grotesque in cognitive perspective. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Early Christian apocryphal and conical documents present us with grotesque images of the human body, often combining the playful and humorous with the repulsive, and fearful. First to third century Christian literature was shaped by the discourse around and imagery of the human body. This study analyses how the iconography of bodily cruelty and visceral morality was produced and refined from the very start of Christian history. The sources range across Greek comedy, |
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Roman and Jewish demonology, and metamorphosis traditions. The study reveals how these images originated, were adopted, and were shaped to the service of a doctrinally and psychologically persuasive Christian message. |
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