Desiring Conversion —— Hermas, Thecla, Aseneth

----- 希望转换：黑马，Thecla，Aseneth

ISBN: 9780199754519 出版年：2011 页码：201 Lipsett, B Diane Oxford University Press

Self-restraint may appear to be the opposite of erotic desire. But in this careful literary analysis, Diane Lipsett traces the intriguing interplay of desire and self-restraint in three ancient Christian or Jewish tales of conversion, analyzing "conversion" itself as an effect of story, a function of narrative texture and coherence.