Finding Saint Francis in literature and art / edited by Cynthia Ho, Beth A. Mulvaney, and John K. Downey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ho, Cynthia O. (Cynthia Olson), 1947-

Mulvaney, Beth A.

Downey, John K., 1948-

Series:

New Middle Ages (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))

The new Middle Ages

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226--In literature.

Francis.

Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226--Art.

Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226.

Physical Description:

xiii, 209 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

Contents:

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 hagiography of the Saint / Mahmood Ibrahim

The wolf in the forest : St. Francis and 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 Jesús 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 François 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230602861

023060286X

OCLC:

156831912