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Poets of divine love : Franciscan mystical poetry of the thirteenth century / Alessandro Vettori.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vettori, Alessandro.
- Series:
- Fordham series in medieval studies ; no. 3.
- Fordham series in medieval studies, 1542-6378 ; no. 3
- Fordham series in medieval studies no. 3.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226.
- Francis.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxi, 226 p. )
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Fordham University Press, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Vettori investigates the emerging Franciscan tradition in motifs of the body, metaphors of matrimony, & in musical harmony in Italy during the High Middle Ages, as well as the relationships between the poetic mission of St Francis & Genesis, erotic love ecstatic union, & the poetics of the sermon.
- Contents:
- Theater of nudity
- Mysticism of sexual union
- Harmony of the cosmos
- Origins of the canon
- Theology of ravishment
- Ecstasy of agapic love
- Symphony of the ineffable.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780823240913
- 0823240916
- 9780823248339
- 082324833X
- OCLC:
- 741343744
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb33418 hdl
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