SEX, ALLEGORY AND CENSORSHIP: A RECONSIDERATION OF MEDIEVAL COMMENTARIES ON THE SONG OF SONGS
Allegory, E.D.Hirsch argues, has all but vanished from the modern world. But in the interpretation of the Song of Songs since Origen and Augustine, allegorical readinga have been central to debate. Distinguishing between Origen's explicit allegorising and Augustine's declaredly literal rea...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1996
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Literature and theology
Year: 1996, Volume: 10, Issue: 4, Pages: 317-328 |
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| Summary: | Allegory, E.D.Hirsch argues, has all but vanished from the modern world. But in the interpretation of the Song of Songs since Origen and Augustine, allegorical readinga have been central to debate. Distinguishing between Origen's explicit allegorising and Augustine's declaredly literal reading of the Canticum Canticorum, continuity from Origen is traced though to the medieval Glossa Ordinaria with the public erotics of which a comparison is finally made with Michel Foucault in his La Volenté de savoir. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/10.4.317 |