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The Reverend Edward Taylor's Sacramental Meditations on the Song of Songs [electronic resource] : The Erotic Devotion of an American Puritan
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hessel-Robinson, Timothy.
- Hessel-Robinson, Timothy, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christian poetry, American--History and criticism.
- Puritan movements in literature.
- Sensuality in literature.
- Taylor, Edward, 1642-1729--Criticism and interpretation.
- Christian poetry, American.
- Taylor, Edward.
- Local Subjects:
- Christian poetry, American--History and criticism.
- Puritan movements in literature.
- Sensuality in literature.
- Taylor, Edward, 1642-1729--Criticism and interpretation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (242 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This text is the first to employ and semiotic theory, gender and sexuality studies to render a fresh reading of Taylor's erotically charged devotion
- Contents:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction; Interpreting Edward Taylor; Edward Taylor's Life and Work; Chapter 2: The Mirror of Divine Love: The Song of Songs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Protestant Commentary; Hermeneutic Transistions; Protestant Interpretations of the Song: Reactions and Retrievals; Chapter 3: ""Of Spices and Sweet flowers, reechs of Perfumes:"" The Senses in Edward Taylor's Spirituality; Desire and Delight in Reformed Spirituality; The Context of Puritan Natural Philosophy
- The Senses in English Protestant Devotional LiteratureThe Senses in Edward Taylor's Meditations: Smell; The Senses in Edward Taylor: Sight; The Senses in Edward Taylor: Sound; Chapter 4: ""This Rich Banquet Makes Me thus a Poet:"" The Eucharist and Edward Taylor's Spirituality; Reinforced Eucharistic Theology: John Calvin; Early Puritan Eucharistic Theology; The Halfway Covenant and the Stodderean Controversy; Edward Taylor's Eucharistic Theology; The Song of Songs as the Language of the Feast
- Chapter 5: ""Let My Heart Imbrace Thy Loveliness:"" The Erotic Dimensions of Edward Taylor's SpiritualityAllegory as Sublimation?; Puritan Attitudes Toward Sexuality and Marriage; Christ the Suitor; Conception, Pregnancy and Child Bearing; Erotic Evocations; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-7734-1197-6
- OCLC:
- 806205233
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