Holy Monsters, Sacred Grotesques
Monstrosity and Religion in Europe and the United States
Lexington Books (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 10. August 2018
296 pages
978-1-4985-5077-2 (ISBN)
Description
Holy Monsters, Sacred Grotesques examines the intersection of religion and monstrosity in a variety of different time periods in the hopes of addressing two gaps in scholarship within the field of monster studies. The first part of the volume-running from the medieval to the Early Modern period-focuses upon the view of the monster through non-majority voices and accounts from those who were themselves branded as monsters. Overlapping partially with the Early Modern and proceeding to the present day, the contributions of the second part of the volume attempt to problematize the dichotomy of secular/religious through a close look at the monsters this period has wrought.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
20 b/w photos;
ISBN-13
978-1-4985-5077-2 (9781498550772)
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Michael E. Heyes
Holy Monsters, Sacred Grotesques
Monstrosity and Religion in Europe and the United States
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Content
Introduction: Ecce Monstra
Michael E. Heyes
Part I: Inside the Monster, Looking Out
1. The Woman's Body, In-Between: The Holy and Monstrous Womb in Medieval Medicine and Religion
Minji Lee
2. Miracles and Monsters: Gog and Magog, Alexander the Great, and Antichrist in the Apocalypse of the Catalan Atlas (1375)
Thomas S. Franke
3. Dressing Monstrous Men: Landsknechte Clothing in Some Early Modern Danish Church Wall Paintings
John Block Friedman
4. Twelfth Night's "poor monster:" Viola/Cesario as Holy Grotesque
Cathleen McKague
5. Grotesques in Sacred Spaces: The Cappella dei Priori and the Cappella del Quartiere di Leone X in the Palazzo Vecchio
Susanne Margarit McColeman
Part II: Monstrous Modernity
6. Monstrous Sovereignty and the Corrupt Body Politic in Richard III and The Duchess of Malfi
John W. Ellis-Etchison
7. Reform and Romance: Catholic Monstrosity in Antebellum U.S. Fiction
AnaMaria Seglie
8. Lovecraft's Things: Sinister Souvenirs from Other Worlds
Jeffrey Andrew Weinsto
Michael E. Heyes
Part I: Inside the Monster, Looking Out
1. The Woman's Body, In-Between: The Holy and Monstrous Womb in Medieval Medicine and Religion
Minji Lee
2. Miracles and Monsters: Gog and Magog, Alexander the Great, and Antichrist in the Apocalypse of the Catalan Atlas (1375)
Thomas S. Franke
3. Dressing Monstrous Men: Landsknechte Clothing in Some Early Modern Danish Church Wall Paintings
John Block Friedman
4. Twelfth Night's "poor monster:" Viola/Cesario as Holy Grotesque
Cathleen McKague
5. Grotesques in Sacred Spaces: The Cappella dei Priori and the Cappella del Quartiere di Leone X in the Palazzo Vecchio
Susanne Margarit McColeman
Part II: Monstrous Modernity
6. Monstrous Sovereignty and the Corrupt Body Politic in Richard III and The Duchess of Malfi
John W. Ellis-Etchison
7. Reform and Romance: Catholic Monstrosity in Antebellum U.S. Fiction
AnaMaria Seglie
8. Lovecraft's Things: Sinister Souvenirs from Other Worlds
Jeffrey Andrew Weinsto
