Mary Magdalene and the drama of saints : theater, gender, and religion in late medieval England /
"A sinner-saint who embraced then renounced sexual and worldly pleasures; a woman who, through her attachment to Jesus, embodied both erotic and sacred power; a symbol of penance and an exemplar of contemplative and passionate devotion: perhaps no figure stood closer to the center of late medie...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2004]
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Series: | Middle Ages series.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- The drama of saints
- Some East Anglian Magdalenes
- Mystic and preacher
- Gender and the anthropology of redemption
- Bodies, theater, and sacred mediations.