The Poetics Of Transubstantiation
Subtitle: From Theology To Metaphor (Studies in European Cultural Transition)
Contributors: Douglas Burnham (Editor); Enrico Giaccherini (Editor)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: March 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9780754650263
Subjects: Christian theology; Literary studies: general; History and criticism; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Transubstantiation; Literary Criticism; Europe; History of doctrines; English literature; European - General; Christianity and literature; Great Britain
First sentence: One might ask why transubstantiation has become such an important metaphor, even for writers and artists who are not particularly interested in religion or spirituality.