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• catalog abstract "Graphic portrayals of the suffering Jesus Christ pervade late medieval English art, literature, drama, and theology. These images have been interpreted as signs of a new emphasis on the humanity of Jesus. To others they indicate a fascination with a terrifying God of vengeance and a morbid obsession with death. In The Grief of God, however, Ellen Ross offers a different understanding of the purpose of this imagery and its meaning to the people of the time. Analyzing a wide range of textual and pictorial evidence, the author finds that the bleeding flesh of the wounded Savior manifests divine presence; in the intensified corporeality of the suffering Jesus whose flesh not only condemns, but also nurtures, heals, and feeds, believers meet a trinitarian God of mercy. Ross explores the rhetoric of transformation common to English medieval artistic, literary, and devotional sources. The extravagant depictions of pain and anguish, the author shows, constitute an urgent appeal to respond to Jesus' expression of love. She also explains how the inscribing of Christ's pain on the bodies of believers at times erased the boundaries between human and divine so that holy persons, and in particular, holy women, participated in the transformative power of Christ. This interdisciplinary study of sermon literature, manuscript illuminations and church wall paintings, drama, hagiographic narratives, and spiritual treatises illuminates the religious sensibilities, practices, and beliefs that constellate around the late medieval fascination with the bleeding body of the suffering Jesus Christ.".
• catalog contributor b9642683.
• catalog coverage "England Church history 1066-1485.".
• catalog created "1997.".
• catalog date "1997".
• catalog date "1997.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
• catalog description "1. The Dynamics of Divine Appeal: The Suffering Jesus in the Literature of Spiritual Guidance. Sermons and Spiritual Guidance Literature. Imitation of Jesus Christ in the Lives of Individual Believers: Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, and Spiritual Anguish -- 2. The Aesthetics of Suffering: Figuring the Crucified Jesus in Manuscripts and Wall Paintings. Psalters, Missals, and Books of Hours. Wall Paintings -- 3. Dramas of Divine Compassion: The Figure of the Wounded Jesus and the Rhetoric of Appeal in the Mystery Plays. Testimony to the Immensity of Divine Love. Response to the Immensity of Divine Love -- 4. Body, Power, and Mimesis: Holy Women as Purveyors of Divine Presence. Women's Bodies as Inscriptions of Divine Love: Margaret of Antioch and Katherine of Alexandria. An Athlete of the Passion of Christ: Elizabeth of Spalbeek. The Body as Parable of Divine Sorrow: Margery Kempe.".
• catalog description "Analyzing a wide range of textual and pictorial evidence, the author finds that the bleeding flesh of the wounded Savior manifests divine presence; in the intensified corporeality of the suffering Jesus whose flesh not only condemns, but also nurtures, heals, and feeds, believers meet a trinitarian God of mercy.".
• catalog description "Graphic portrayals of the suffering Jesus Christ pervade late medieval English art, literature, drama, and theology. These images have been interpreted as signs of a new emphasis on the humanity of Jesus. To others they indicate a fascination with a terrifying God of vengeance and a morbid obsession with death. In The Grief of God, however, Ellen Ross offers a different understanding of the purpose of this imagery and its meaning to the people of the time.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-190) and index.".
• catalog description "Ross explores the rhetoric of transformation common to English medieval artistic, literary, and devotional sources. The extravagant depictions of pain and anguish, the author shows, constitute an urgent appeal to respond to Jesus' expression of love. She also explains how the inscribing of Christ's pain on the bodies of believers at times erased the boundaries between human and divine so that holy persons, and in particular, holy women, participated in the transformative power of Christ.".
• catalog description "This interdisciplinary study of sermon literature, manuscript illuminations and church wall paintings, drama, hagiographic narratives, and spiritual treatises illuminates the religious sensibilities, practices, and beliefs that constellate around the late medieval fascination with the bleeding body of the suffering Jesus Christ.".
• catalog extent "xiii, 200 p., [24] p. of plates :".
• catalog identifier "019510451X (alk. paper)".
• catalog issued "1997".
• catalog issued "1997.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Oxford University Press,".
• catalog spatial "England Church history 1066-1485.".
• catalog spatial "England".
• catalog spatial "England.".
• catalog subject "232.96 20".
• catalog subject "BT153.S8 R67 1997".
• catalog subject "Christian art and symbolism England Medieval, 500-1500.".
• catalog subject "Christian art and symbolism Medieval, 500-1500 England.".
• catalog subject "Christian literature, English (Middle) History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "God (Christianity) Mercy History of doctrines Middle Ages, 600-1500.".
• catalog subject "God Mercy History of doctrines Middle Ages, 600-1500.".
• catalog subject "Jesus Christ Crucifixion Art.".
• catalog subject "Suffering of God History of doctrines Middle Ages, 600-1500.".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. The Dynamics of Divine Appeal: The Suffering Jesus in the Literature of Spiritual Guidance. Sermons and Spiritual Guidance Literature. Imitation of Jesus Christ in the Lives of Individual Believers: Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, and Spiritual Anguish -- 2. The Aesthetics of Suffering: Figuring the Crucified Jesus in Manuscripts and Wall Paintings. Psalters, Missals, and Books of Hours. Wall Paintings -- 3. Dramas of Divine Compassion: The Figure of the Wounded Jesus and the Rhetoric of Appeal in the Mystery Plays. Testimony to the Immensity of Divine Love. Response to the Immensity of Divine Love -- 4. Body, Power, and Mimesis: Holy Women as Purveyors of Divine Presence. Women's Bodies as Inscriptions of Divine Love: Margaret of Antioch and Katherine of Alexandria. An Athlete of the Passion of Christ: Elizabeth of Spalbeek. The Body as Parable of Divine Sorrow: Margery Kempe.".
• catalog title "The grief of God : images of the suffering Jesus in late medieval England / Ellen M. Ross.".
• catalog type "text".