Medieval Allegory and the Building of the New Jerusalem

Medieval Allegory and the Building of the New Jerusalem

《Medieval Allegory and the Building of the New Jerusalem》是D.S.Brewer出版的圖書,作者是Ann R. Meyer

基本介紹

  • 中文名:Medieval Allegory and the Building of the New Jerusalem 
  • 作者:Ann R. Meyer
  • 出版社:D.S.Brewer
  • 出版時間:2003年12月4日
  • 頁數:224 頁
  • 定價:90.00 美元
  • 裝幀:Hardcover
  • ISBN:9780859917964
內容簡介
This book investigates the concept of the New Jerusalem, the City of God, as an architectural ideal during the middle ages, and the way in which it is represented allegorically in patristic writings, liturgy, building, and later literature. The author begins by examining its conceptual foundations in such sources as the Hebrew Bible, Bede's exegesis, the religious philosophy of...(展開全部) This book investigates the concept of the New Jerusalem, the City of God, as an architectural ideal during the middle ages, and the way in which it is represented allegorically in patristic writings, liturgy, building, and later literature. The author begins by examining its conceptual foundations in such sources as the Hebrew Bible, Bede's exegesis, the religious philosophy of Plotinus, and Augustine's theology. She then explores the influence and the expression of the New Jerusalem in liturgy and architecture, using the twelfth-century remodelling of the Abbey Church of St-Denis and its dedication liturgy to show how the building serves as an eschatological and apocalyptic landscape. The chantry movement in late medieval England is situated in this context, and leads to a demonstration of the movement's associations with the highly-wrought poem 'Pearl' and its companion poems; the book analyses 'Pearl' as medieval architecture, offering fresh perspectives on its elaborate construction and historical context. ANN R. MEYER teaches in the Department of Literature, Claremont McKenna College.

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