03290oam 2200613I 450 991097469120332120251117090031.01-351-92635-71-138-26653-11-315-25187-610.4324/9781315251875 (CKB)3710000001080999(MiAaPQ)EBC4817660(Au-PeEL)EBL4817660(CaPaEBR)ebr11356815(OCoLC)975224923(OCoLC)974711632(FINmELB)ELB139885(EXLCZ)99371000000108099920180706e20162005 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierIntersections of sexuality and the divine in medieval culture the word made flesh /edited by Susannah Mary Chewning1st ed.London :Routledge,2016.1 online resource (228 pages)First published 2005 by Ashgate Publishing.0-7546-4065-5 1-351-92636-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. I. Secular literature and drama -- pt. II. Romance and narrative -- pt. III. Saints and religious women -- pt. IV. Visionaries and mystics.As distinct from the many recent collections and studies of medieval literature and culture that have focused on gender and sexuality as their major themes, this collection considers and serves to re-think and re-situate religion and sexuality together. Including 'traditional' works such as Chaucer and the Pearl-poet, as well as less well known and studied texts - such as alchemical texts and the Wohunge group - the contributors here focus on the meeting point of these two often-examined concepts. They seek an understanding of where sex and religion distinguish themselves from one another, and where they do not. This volume locates the Divine and the Erotic within the continuum of experience and devotion that characterize the paradox of the medieval world. Not merely original in their approaches, these authors seek a new vision of how these two inter-connected themes, - sexuality and the Divine - meet, connect, distinguish themselves, and merge within medieval life, language, and literature.English literatureMiddle English, 1100-1500History and criticismReligion in literatureSexReligious aspectsChristianityHistory of doctrinesMiddle Ages, 600-1500Christian literature, English (Middle)History and criticismChristianity and literatureEnglandHistoryTo 1500English literatureHistory and criticism.Religion in literature.SexReligious aspectsChristianityHistory of doctrinesChristian literature, English (Middle)History and criticism.Christianity and literatureHistory820.9/3823Chewning Susannah Mary1965-1881698MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910974691203321Intersections of sexuality and the divine in medieval culture4496459UNINA