The Song of Songs in the Middle Ages / / Ann W. Astell.
Included among the sacred books of Judaism and Christianity alike, the Song of Songs does not mention God at all; on the surface it is a lyrical exchange between unnamed lovers who articulate the range of emotions associated with sexual love. Ann W. Astell here examines medieval reader response, bot...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018] ©1995 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. The Song of Songs Ad Litteram
- 2. The Exemplary Bride: Ecclesia and Mary
- 3. Personal Brideship: The Mystical Treatments
- 4. Middle English Transitions: The Case of Richard Rolle
- 5. Mourning and Marriage in Saint Bernard's Sermones and in Pearl
- 6. Religious Love Lyric and the Feminine "I"
- 7. Biblical Drama, Devotional Response, and the Feminine "We"
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index