Closet Devotions

by Richard Rambuss and Dashka Slater

Book Overview

Religion and sex, body and soul, sacred and profane: In Closet Devotions, Richard Rambuss traces the relays between these cultural formations by examining the issue of "sacred eroticism," the literary or artistic expression of devotional feelings in erotic terms that has repeatedly occurred over the centuries. Rather than dismissing such expression as mere convention, Rambuss takes it seriously as a form of erotic discourse, one that gives...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822321971
• ISBN13: 9780822321972
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.3"