The prostitute and the prophet : Hosea's marriage in literary-theoretical perspective / / Yvonne Sherwood

• Autore: Sherwood Yvonne
• Pubblicazione: Sheffield, England, : Sheffield Academic Press, c1996
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (361 p.)
• Disciplina: 224/.6064
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [330]-348) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: PROBLEM TEXTS AND PROBLEM PLAYS; Chapter 1 THE STRANGE CASE OF THE MISSING PROSTITUTE: A RESPONSE TO SOME RESPONSES TO HOSEA 1.2; Chapter 2 'SIGN LANGUAGE': A SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS OF HOSEA 1-3; Chapter 3 DERRIDA AMONG THE PROPHETS: A DECONSTRUCTIVE READING OF HOSEA 1-3; Chapter 4 GOMER'S MARRIAGE: A FEMINIST ANALYSIS OF HOSEA 1-3; Conclusion: THE SENSE OF A (NON) ENDING; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: The only consensus that has been reached on Hosea 1-3 is that it is a notoriously 'problematic' text. Sherwood unpicks this rather vague statement by examining the particular complexities of the text and frictions between the text and reader that conspire to produce such a disorientating effect. Four dimensions of the 'problem' are considered: the conflict between text and reader over the 'improper' relationship between Hosea and Gomer; the bizarre prophetic sign-language that conscripts people into a cosmic charade; the text's propensity to subvert its central theses; and the emergent tension
• Titolo autorizzato: The prostitute and the prophet
• ISBN: 1-281-81376-1; 9786611813765; 0-567-38358-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812382103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Gender, culture, theory ; ; 2.