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The grotesque in art and literature : theological reflections / edited by James Luther Adams and Wilson Yates ; [with a previously unpublished play by Robert Penn Warren].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans, c1997.Description: xxii, 279 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0802842674 (paper : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Grotesque in art & literature [Cover title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 261.5/7 21
LOC classification:
  • NX650.G7 G76 1997
Contents:
An introduction to the grotesque : theoretical and theological considerations / Wilson Yates -- The grotesque and our future / James Luther Adams -- The grotesque, theologically considered / Roger Hazelton -- Carnal abominations : the female body as grotesque / Margaret Miles -- Hieronymus Bosch : the grotesque and we / Wolfgang Stechow -- Ugly beauty in Christian art / John W. Cook -- Francis Bacon : the iconography of crucifixion, grotesque imagery, and religious meaning / Wilson Yates -- Grinning death's-head : Hamlet and the vision of the grotesque / Yasuhiro Ogawa -- The religious dimensions of the grotesque in literature : Toni Morrison's Beloved / Susan Corey -- The dramatic version of Ballad of a sweet dream of peace : a charade for Easter, with the author's introduction / Robert Penn Warren.
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Knox Hewitson Library, Presbyterian Research Centre Chrysalis Seed Collection 261.57 Gro (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 10-0455

Includes bibliographical references.

An introduction to the grotesque : theoretical and theological considerations / Wilson Yates -- The grotesque and our future / James Luther Adams -- The grotesque, theologically considered / Roger Hazelton -- Carnal abominations : the female body as grotesque / Margaret Miles -- Hieronymus Bosch : the grotesque and we / Wolfgang Stechow -- Ugly beauty in Christian art / John W. Cook -- Francis Bacon : the iconography of crucifixion, grotesque imagery, and religious meaning / Wilson Yates -- Grinning death's-head : Hamlet and the vision of the grotesque / Yasuhiro Ogawa -- The religious dimensions of the grotesque in literature : Toni Morrison's Beloved / Susan Corey -- The dramatic version of Ballad of a sweet dream of peace : a charade for Easter, with the author's introduction / Robert Penn Warren.

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