Finding Saint Francis in literature and artcedited by Cynthia Ho, Beth A. Mulvaney, and John K. Downey
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- 出版: New York : Palgrave Macmillan 2009
- 叢書名: The new Middle Ages
- 主題: Francis 1182-1226--In literature , Francis 1182-1226
- 版本:1st ed.
- ISBN: 9780230623736 、 0230623735
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- 書目註:Finding Saint Francis in Literature and Art demonstrates that remembering Saint Francis of Assisi should take place on many levels. The authors in this collection of essays use the tools of various intellectualdisciplines to examine what we now know about Saint Francis in his ownera and how the story of Il Poverello has been appropriated in our owntimes. This critical re-discovery of the artistic and textual narratives of Francis of Assisi contributes to our cultural memory by reflecting on the continuities and changes in the way Francis is understood Includes bibliographical references and index
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- 系統號: 005162188 | 機讀編目格式
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Standing on the threshold : beholder and vision in the Assisi Crib at Greccio / Beth A. Mulvaney -- Bearing witness : the physical expression of the spiritual in the narrative cycle at Assisi / Janet Snyder -- Francis preaching to the Sultan : art and literature in the hagiographyof the Saint / Mahmood Ibrahim -- The wolf in the forest : St. Francisand the Italian eremitical tradition / Rodger M. Payne -- What has Paris to do with Assisi? The theological creation of a saint / John V. Apczynski -- Franciscans in the New World / Felix Heap and Jes璽us J. Gonzales -- The visual piety of the Sacro Monte di Orta / Cynthia Ho -- A Christian modernist and the awe of nature as presented in Olivier Messiaen's opera, Saint Fran簸cois d'Assise / John McClain -- Constructing Saint Francis for the twenty-first century / Janet McCann -- Capturing the gravity and grace of St. Francis of Assisi on stage : a meditation on word and image / John Bowers -- St. Francis in the twenty-first century / John Hart -- Canticle of memory : political theology and Francis of Assisi / John K. Downey