Theatrical Shows & Ascetic Lives John Chrysostomus: John Chrysostom's Attack on Spiritual Marriage

Fresh and clean hardcover copy in good condition with original dustjacket. Frisches und sauberes Hardcover-Exemplar in gutem Zustand mit Original-Schutzumschlag. Contents: Preface - List of Abbreviations - Preface - 1. Introduction - A Mosaic in Daphne - The Shape of This Study - 2. The Late Antique Theater - Popular - An Education in Mythology - A Forum for Sumptuous Display - A Political Arena - Chapter 3. John Chrysostom's View of the Theater - Display's Illusion - Rhetorical Display - Sexuality on Display - 4. Spiritual Marriage - The Origin and Popularity of Spiritual Marriage - The Couples Chrysostom Addressed - 5. Ridiculous Men - Comic Structure and Social Purity - The Merry Play of Stereotype - Comic Gender-Bending: Are You a Man or a Woman? - Visions of Utopias - 6. Frightful Women - Tragic Figures: the House and the Woman - Language's Opacity: Dissonance and Riddles - Enemy not Friend - Disclosure - 7. John Chrysostom's Role - Priestly Correction - Anger - Social Context - 8. Conclusion - Appendix - Dating the Treatises - Notes - Select Bibliography - Index ISBN 9780520215580