The point of my posting was Christopher Crockett's
reference to Chenu as "her(?)." In all bibliographies,
including my own, and on the front cover of the book
itself, Chenu is just that. No title.
MG
--- "Atchley, Clinton" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> In a bibliographic citation, I follow the MLA
> guidelines which state that we
> are all equal. There are no Drs., Profs., Mr's,
> Mrs, or whatever. We have
> to judge the work critically on its own merits.
> Does one's title lend any
> credence to the work?
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leah Rutchick [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 12:49 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Pere, Dom, Fr. OP SJ etc { was Theologians
> and Art
>
>
> Dear list:
>
> What is the general opinion on whether one should
> use the vocational title
> in a bibliographic citation?
>
> Leah Rutchick
>
>
>
> At 08:10 AM 1/21/01 -0800, you wrote:
>
>
> I _believe_ Chenu is "Père Chenu, OP." :-)
>
> MG
> --- Christopher Crockett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Marjorie Greene <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > >I didn't mean my list to be exhaustive!
> >
> > sorry.
> >
> > and i didn't mean that M.-D. Chenu's work was at
> all
> > "discredited" or
> > even "old fashioned," nor anything less than very
> > substantial
> > scholarship, essential preliminary spadework.
> >
> > just that, in the [ancient] past (c.1930-60, say),
> > Art Historians
> > (particularly) have made the fellow into a kind of
> > unique Patron Saint,
> > projecting onto him all sorts of roles (e.g.,
> > "inventor" of Gothic
> > Architecture) which might just be a bit
> over-the-top
> > as gross simplifications
> > of what is increasingly seen as *very* complex
> > stylistic developments.
> >
> > i may (well) be wrong, but Chenu was perhaps one
> of
> > the first historians of
> > Theology to look at S's work in detail, from the
> > point of view of her(?) own
> > particlar discipline; and the Met conference and
> > Lindy Grant's book began the
> > process of deconstructing his life and work from
> an
> > Historical persepctive,
> > the latter (though "officially" an Art Historian)
> > utilizing --for the first
> > time, i believe-- an extensive
> > amount of unpublished (!!) original source
> material.
> >
> > freeing him from the more or less exclusive domain
> > of the Art Historians --as
> > well as re-evaluating his significance within the
> > sequence of events within
> > that sometimes flakey discipline as that sequence
> is
> > itself re-constructed--
> > is a very heartening thing to see, it seems to me.
> > an exciting time to be
> > alive.
> >
> > best to all from here,
> >
> > christopher
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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