Visions and faces of the tragic : the Mimesis of tragedy and the folly of salvation in early Christian literature / Paul Blowers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blowers, Paul M., 1955- author.

Series:

Oxford early Christian studies.

Oxford Early Christian Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian literature, Early--History and criticism.

Christian literature, Early.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2020]

Summary:

This study presses beyond the pervasive early Christian aversion to pagan theatrical art in all its forms and investigates the growing critical engagement with the genre of tragedy by Christian authors, especially in the post-Constantinian era.

Contents:

Excavating tragical perspectives in Early Christianity : Trajectories of inquiry and interpretive challenges

Tragical mimesis and Biblical interpretation I : primitive tragedies in Genesis

Tragical mimesis and Biblical interpretation II : exposing and expounding the tragic in sacred history

The tragic Christian self : three Late-Ancient profiles lives and selves

Tragical conscience : contemplating the faces and bodies of tragedy in the foreground of the church

Tragical pathos : the expanding Christian repertoire of tragical emotions

The theological scope of Early Christian tragical vision

Epilogue : hope and the Christian tragical pathos.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-259593-8

0-19-188845-1

0-19-259592-X