0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism

Buy Now

The Song of Songs - A Biography (Hardcover) Loot Price: R561
Discovery Miles 5 610
You Save: R98 (15%)
The Song of Songs - A Biography (Hardcover): Ilana Pardes

The Song of Songs - A Biography (Hardcover)

Ilana Pardes

Series: Lives of Great Religious Books

 (sign in to rate)
List price R659 Loot Price R561 Discovery Miles 5 610 You Save R98 (15%)

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 12 - 19 working days

An essential history of the greatest love poem ever written The Song of Songs has been embraced for centuries as the ultimate song of love. But the kind of love readers have found in this ancient poem is strikingly varied. Ilana Pardes invites us to explore the dramatic shift from readings of the Song as a poem on divine love to celebrations of its exuberant account of human love. With a refreshingly nuanced approach, she reveals how allegorical and literal interpretations are inextricably intertwined in the Song's tumultuous life. The body in all its aspects-pleasure and pain, even erotic fervor-is key to many allegorical commentaries. And although the literal, sensual Song thrives in modernity, allegory has not disappeared. New modes of allegory have emerged in modern settings, from the literary and the scholarly to the communal. Offering rare insights into the story of this remarkable poem, Pardes traces a diverse line of passionate readers. She looks at Jewish and Christian interpreters of late antiquity who were engaged in disputes over the Song's allegorical meaning, at medieval Hebrew poets who introduced it into the opulent world of courtly banquets, and at kabbalists who used it as a springboard to the celestial spheres. She shows how feminist critics have marveled at the Song's egalitarian representation of courtship, and how it became a song of America for Walt Whitman, Herman Melville, and Toni Morrison. Throughout these explorations of the Song's reception, Pardes highlights the unparalleled beauty of its audacious language of love.

General

Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Lives of Great Religious Books
Release date: August 2019
First published: 2019
Authors: Ilana Pardes
Dimensions: 191 x 114 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Trade binding
Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 978-0-691-14606-5
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > General
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Jewish studies
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian sacred works & liturgy > Sacred texts > Criticism & exegesis of sacred texts
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian sacred works & liturgy > Sacred texts > Criticism & exegesis of sacred texts
Books > Christianity
Promotions
LSN: 0-691-14606-3
Barcode: 9780691146065

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

The Road to Mecca
Athol Fugard Paperback  (4)
R95 R85 Discovery Miles 850
The Origin Of Others
Toni Morrison Hardcover  (3)
R541 R495 Discovery Miles 4 950
Koning Eenoog - 'n Migranteverhaal
Toef Jaeger Paperback R110 Discovery Miles 1 100
Recognition - An Anthology Of South…
Paperback R395 R365 Discovery Miles 3 650
Fighting And Writing - The Rhodesian…
Luise White Paperback  (1)
R300 R277 Discovery Miles 2 770
Contemporary Plays by African Women…
Yvette Hutchison, Amy Jephta Paperback R843 Discovery Miles 8 430
Introduction To English Literary Studies
D Byrne, G. Kane, … Paperback  (2)
R471 Discovery Miles 4 710
Critical Reading And Writing - An…
Andrew Goatly, Preet Hiradhar Paperback  (1)
R401 Discovery Miles 4 010
On Leopard Rock - A Life Of Adventures
Wilbur Smith Paperback  (1)
R299 R271 Discovery Miles 2 710
Macbeth - No Fear Shakespeare
Spark Notes Paperback R217 Discovery Miles 2 170
Race, Nation, Translation - South…
Zoe Wicomb Paperback R395 R365 Discovery Miles 3 650
Sol Plaatje's Mhudi - History…
Sabata-Mpho Mokae, Brian Willan Paperback R330 R305 Discovery Miles 3 050

See more

Partners