The Sacred Desert: Religion, Literature, Art and Culture by Jasper, David

The Sacred Desert: Religion, Literature, Art and Culture (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781405119757)

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The Sacred Desert: Religion, Literature, Art and Culture by Jasper, David

The Sacred Desert: Religion, Literature, Art and Culture

$52.95
The Sacred Desert: Religion, Literature, Art and Culture by Jasper, David

The Sacred Desert: Religion, Literature, Art and Culture

$52.95
Format: Paperback
Description
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The Sacred Desert is a reflection on the role of the desert in theology, history, literature, art and film.

  • An original reflection on the role of the desert in theology, history, literature, art and film.
  • Discusses figures as diverse as Jesus, the early Christian Desert Fathers, T.E. Lawrence, T.S. Eliot, Georgia O'Keeffe, Wim Wenders and Jim Crace.
  • Makes connections across millennia of desert literature.
  • Deepens the reader's understanding of the desert as a real place, as an interior space, and as a textual site,
  • Concludes with comments on the recent conflicts in Iraq.
  • Written in a readable and engaging style.


Author: David Jasper
ISBN-10: 1405119756
ISBN-13: 9781405119757
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 06/18/2004
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.06h x 6.42w x 0.52d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 04/01/2005 pg. 1416
By David Jasper
By David Jasper
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David Jasper is Professor of Literature and Theology at the University of Glasgow, and was the founding editor of the journal, Literature and Theology. He is the author of The Sacred and Secular Canon in Romanticism (1999) and co-editor of The Bible and Literature: A Reader (edited with Stephen Prickett, Blackwell Publishing, 1999) and Religion and Literature: A Reader (edited with Robert Detweiler, 2000).

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