Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Jasper, David

Titel

The Sacred Desert: Religion, Literature, Art, and Culture

Auflage

1

Ort / Verlag

Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated

Erscheinungsjahr

2004

Quelle

Wiley Online Library All Obooks

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The Sacred Desert is a reflection on the role of the desert in theology, history, literature, art and film. An original reflection on the role of the desert in theology, history, literature, art and film. Discusses figures as diverse as Jesus, the early Christian Desert Fathers, T.E. Lawrence, T.S. Eliot, Georgia O'Keeffe, Wim Wenders and Jim Crace. Makes connections across millennia of desert literature. Deepens the reader's understanding of the desert as a real place, as an interior space, and as a textual site, Concludes with comments on the recent conflicts in Iraq. Written in a readable and engaging style.