The Ascetic Imperative in Culture and Criticism
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: February 15, 1992
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780226316925
Subjects: Aesthetics; Cultural studies; History Of Art / Art & Design Styles; Asceticism; Esthetics; Philosophy; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Literary Criticism; History & Surveys - Modern; Philosophy / Modern
First sentence: The master text of Western asceticism is the The Life of Anthony, written in the mid-fourth century by Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria.