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Medieval Christian Literary Imagery: A Guide to Interpretation

Medieval Christian Literary Imagery: A Guide to Interpretation Paperback - 1988

by Kaske, R.E

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University of Toronto Press, 1988. Paperback. Good. Clean pages except for a small droplet spot affecting the top corners of the last 7 leaves and a little paler spotting at the lower right edge of the book; spine has a gentle reading crease, but binding remains secure; soft cover bears a large but pale stain at the lower front, small corner creases, a rectangle of adhesive stain at the lower rear, and some chipping and wear along edges, but is overall well-kept. xxiii, 247pp.
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  • Title Medieval Christian Literary Imagery: A Guide to Interpretation
  • Author Kaske, R.E
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Edition thus
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 247
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Toronto Press, Toronto
  • Date 1988
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 062302
  • ISBN 9780802066633 / 0802066631
  • Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.72 x 5.32 x 0.73 in (22.15 x 13.51 x 1.85 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
  • Library of Congress subjects Literature, Medieval - Sources - Bibliography, Literature, Medieval - Christian influences
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 89127528
  • Dewey Decimal Code 016

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From the publisher

If a reader of Chaucer suspects that an echo of a biblical verse may somehow depend for its meaning on traditional commentary on that verse, how does he or she go about finding the relevant commentaries? If one finds the word 'fire' in a context that suggests resonances beyond the literal, how does that reader go about learning what the traditional figurative meanings of fire were?

It was to the solution of such difficulties that R.E. Kaske addressed himself in this volume setting out and analyzing the major repositories of traditional material: biblical exegesis, the liturgy, hymns and sequences, sermons and homilies, the pictorial arts, mythography, commentaries on individual authors, and a number of miscellaneous themes. An appendix deals with medieval encyclopedias.

Kaske created a tool that will revolutionize research in its designated field: the discovery and interpretation of the traditional meanings reflected in medieval Christian imagery.

About the author

R.E. Kaske was Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities at Cornell University.

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