The Grotesque Body in Early Christian Discourse: Hell, Scatology, and Metamorphosis

By Istvan Czachesz

Early Christian apocryphal and conical documents present us with grotesque images of the human body, often combining the playful and humorous with the repulsive, and fearful

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845538854
• ISBN13: 9781845538859
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"