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The grief of God : images of the suffering Jesus in late medieval England / Ellen M. Ross.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ross, Ellen M., 1959- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jesus Christ--Crucifixion--Art.
- Suffering of God--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
- Suffering of God.
- God--Mercy--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
- God.
- Christian art and symbolism--Medieval, 500-1500--England.
- Christian art and symbolism.
- England--Church history--1066-1485.
- England.
- Local Subjects:
- Jesus Christ--Crucifixion--Art.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (239 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Between the 12th and 14th centuries, images of the suffering of Christ proliferated in England. Ross argues that these images served as a vivid narrative of God's mercy made tangible in Jesus Christ.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; ONE: The Dynamics of Divine Appeal: The Suffering Jesus in the Literature of Spiritual Guidance; TWO: The Aesthetics of Suffering: Figuring the Crucified Jesus in Manuscripts and Wall Paintings; THREE: Dramas of Divine Compassion: The Figure of the Wounded Jesus and the Rhetoric of Appeal in the Mystery Plays; FOUR: Body, Power, and Mimesis: Holy Women as Purveyors of Divine Presence; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Bibliography: p169-190. _ Includes index.
- Previously issued in print: 1997.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-190) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-773944-X
- 1-280-52875-3
- 0-19-534453-7
- 1-4294-1530-4
- OCLC:
- 630529072
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