{"product_id":"imagining-jesus-christ-in-middle-english-literature-1275-1475-royal-traitor-heroic-lamb-9783031650758","title":"Imagining Jesus Christ in Middle English Literature, 1275-1475: Royal Traitor, Heroic Lamb","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book interprets Jesus Christ as a complicated, disunified literary character in Middle English literature, where he appears variously as king, traitor, victorious conqueror, sacrificial lamb, heroic knight, lover, and spouse--often as several contradictory figures in a single work. These tropes derive from Scripture, doctrines about Christ's two natures, and theories of redemption. This book examines the full range of representations in \u003cem\u003eSouthern Passion, Northern Passion, Pepysian Gospel Harmony, Stanzaic Life of Christ, Cursor Mundi\u003c\/em\u003e, Nicholas Love's \u003cem\u003eMirror of the Blessed Life of Jesus Christ, \u003c\/em\u003e Sir John Mandeville's \u003cem\u003eBook, \u003c\/em\u003ethe York Play, and Julian of Norwich's \u003cem\u003eRevelation of Love\u003c\/em\u003e. Although Christ's two natures are well represented in existing scholarship, many traditions have been overlooked, including commonplace treatments of Christ as both a traitor and king, conqueror and sacrificial lamb, hero and lover. As writers call upon audiences to feel compassion for Jesus's suffering, they almost universally express antipathy toward his Jewish torturers, complicating our ideas about affective piety. In these works, the Virgin Mary is less exemplary for her compassion than for her understanding of doctrine. In short, this book offers new perspectives on vernacular Christology between about 1275 and 1475.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTheresa Tinkle\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Professor within the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Michigan, USA, as well as Director of the Gayle Morris Sweetland Center for Writing. Previous publications include \u003cem\u003eMedieval Venuses and Cupids: Sexuality and Hermeneutics in English Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e (1996) and \u003cem\u003eGender and Power in Medieval Exegesis\u003c\/em\u003e (Palgrave, 2010). Theresa's academic training and publications include the study of medieval English and Latin literature, the medieval reception of the Bible, gender and sexuality studies, paleography and manuscript studies, composition and pedagogy, and disability studies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTheresa Tinkle\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Professor within the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Michigan, USA. Previous publications include \u003cem\u003eMedieval Venuses and Cupids: Sexuality and Hermeneutics in English Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e (1996) and \u003cem\u003eGender and Power in Medieval Exegesis\u003c\/em\u003e (Palgrave, 2010). Theresa's academic training and publications include the study of medieval English and Latin literature, the medieval reception of the Bible, gender and sexuality studies, paleography and manuscript studies, composition and pedagogy, and disability studies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Palgrave MacMillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50902521053458,"sku":"9783031650758","price":138.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bf10ebfe-ba95-4c73-b70d-3f754a41da41.jpg?v=1738456626","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/imagining-jesus-christ-in-middle-english-literature-1275-1475-royal-traitor-heroic-lamb-9783031650758","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}