Beyond measure : the poetics of the image in Bernard of Clairvaux /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Slater, Isaac, 1974- author.
Imprint:	Athens, Ohio : Cistercian Publications, [2020]
Description:	xii, 238 pages 22 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Cistercian studies series; number two hundred seventy-nine Cistercian studies series ; no. 279.
Subject:	Bernard, -- of Clairvaux, Saint, -- 1090 or 1091-1153. Bernard, -- of Clairvaux, Saint, -- 1090 or 1091-1153.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12035913

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ISBN:	9780879072797 0879072792 9780879071790
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"A study of the literary, philosophical, and theological strands densely interwoven through the writings of Bernard of Clairvaux. His apparent iconoclasm with respect to art, affectivity, and the humanity of Jesus is revealed as an alternative mystical aesthetic, congruent with his program for monastic reform"--
Other form:	Online version: Slater, Isaac, 1974- Beyond measure Collegeville : Cistercian Publications, 2020. 9780879071790

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1. In the Image
Chapter 2. Real Shadows
Chapter 3. Beyond Measure: The Human Imagination of God
Chapter 4. Amor Carnalis
Chapter 5. "Black but Beautiful": Bernard's Incarnational Poetics
Chapter 6. The Poetics of Apology
Chapter 7. "Mysticism Turned Inside Out": Julia Kristeva on Bernard of Clairvaux
Chapter 8. "Love Itself Is Knowledge": Jean-Luc Marion and Bernard of Clairvaux
Appendix 1.
Appendix 2.
Appendix 3.
Bibliography

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