David Torevell

Desire and Mental Health in Christianity and the Arts

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book considers the connection between the world of mental health in the twenty-first century and the traditional concept of desire in Christianity and the Arts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9781032121840
• ISBN-10: 103212184X
• Artikelnr.: 67822272

Autorenporträt

David Torevell is Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Liverpool Hope University, UK and Visiting Professor at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I: Contours and Obstacles
1 Contours of Desire
2 Obstacles to Desire
Part II: Voices of Desire
3 Ancient Greek and Biblical Voices
4 Modern Voices
Part III: The Arts and Desire
5 Theoretical Frameworks
6 Drama and Poetry: Samuel Beckett, Gerard Manley Hopkins and Tennessee
Williams
7 Film and Painting: Xavier Beauvois and Masaccio
Conclusion