Sanctity and pornography in medieval culture : on the verge
2010, 1st edition. Manchester : Manchester University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #402516
Series: Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture. Physical description: xii, 216 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-211) and index. Contents: Introduction : our sanctity, our pornography -- Looking at images -- Pornography and parataxis -- Looking at saints -- Saints, sex, and surfaces -- Mundane and Conclusion : Caress me. Subjects: Medieval; Pornography History; Christianity; Saints History; Sex history; Aesthetics, Medieval; Christian art and symbolism Medieval, 500-1500; Pornography Religious aspects Christianity; Christian martyrs in art; Erotica History.
Price: €125.00