History, Poetry, and Performance
by
Sarah Elliott Novacich
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2017
Sarah Elliott Novacich explores how medieval thinkers pondered the ethics and pleasures of the archive. She traces three episodes of sacred history - the loss of Eden, the loading of Noah's ark, and the Harrowing of Hell - across works of poetry, performance records, and iconography in order to demonstrate...