Apologia Pro Vita Sua (Everyman) - Softcover

Newman, John Henry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 046087232X ISBN 13: 9780460872324

Verlag: Phoenix, 1993

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Newman John Henry Oddie William

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Reseña del editor

Sharing conventions but differing thematically and technically,together the LIFEOF ST CATHERINE and the LIFE OF ST LAWRENCE provide an insight into the varied relationships between exemplary figures and their audiences in the Anglo-Norman world.The LIFE OF ST CATHERINE is a tale of a woman saint by a woman;the LIFE OFST LAWRENCE the martyrdom of a male saint commissioned by a woman.Rich in sexualand social iconographies that resonate today,the saints'lives,with their dual focus on heaven and earth,are frequently shocking but powerful accounts of the relationship between body and soul in medieval society.

Reseña del editor

This book is part of the "Everyman" series, which has been totally re-set with wide margins and easy-to-read type. The book includes a themed introduction, chronology of life and times of the author, glossaries of Latin and Greek terms and a selection of criticism. Once a famous Anglican clergyman, Newman left his living in the 1840s, recanted his former criticism of the Roman Catholic Church, and entered the priesthood, becoming - ultimately - a cardinal. Framing his "Apologia" in reply to a "grave and gratuitous slander" which he felt Charles Kingsley had made against him, Newman overcame his characteristic shyness and produced one of the masterpieces of spiritual writing: honest, passionate, scrupulous and moving.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Phoenix
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1993
• ISBN 10: 046087232X
• ISBN 13: 9780460872324
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 432