God and the goddesses : vision, poetry, and belief in the Middle Ages / Barbara Newman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Newman, Barbara, 1953-

Series:

Middle Ages series

The Middle Ages series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poetry, Medieval--History and criticism.

Poetry, Medieval.

Goddesses in literature.

God in literature.

Physical Description:

xiii, 446 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2003]

Summary:

Explores the idea that the medieval religious imagination did not restrict itself to masculine images of God but envisaged the divine in multiple forms. "The thesis is succinctly rendered by the book's title

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [409]-436) and index.

Local Notes:

Given to the Penn Libraries by Margy Ellin Meyerson in memory of her husband, President Emeritus Martin Meyerson.

ISBN:

0812236912

OCLC:

50198903