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The Grotesque Body in Early Christian Literature : Hell, Scatology and Metamorphosis

By Istvan , Czachesz

Book information

Publisher
Routledge;Cambridge University Press
Year
2014
ISBN
1845538854, 978-1-84553-885-9, 9781844657414, 1844657418
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1539288 bytes)
Series
Bible world (London England)
Pages
240\241
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
Christian literatureEarly -- History and criticism. Human body in liteEarly.

Description

Early Christian apocryphal and conical documents present us with grotesque images of the human body, often combining the playful and humorous with the repulsive, and fearful. First to third century Christian literature was shaped by the discourse around and imagery of the human body. This study analyses how the iconography of bodily cruelty and visceral morality was produced and refined from the very start of Christian history. The sources range across Greek comedy, Roman and Jewish demonology, and metamorphosis traditions. The study reveals how these images originated, were adopted, and were shaped to the service of a doctrinally and psychologically persuasive Christian message

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