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SACRED BIOGRAPHY : saints and their biographers in the middle ages.
Though medieval saints' lives are among the oldest literary texts of Western vernacular culture, they are routinely patronized as pious fiction by modern historiography. This book demonstrates that to characterize the genre as fiction is to misunderstand the intentions of medievalauthors, who w...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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OXFORD :
OXFORD University Press,
1992.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Though medieval saints' lives are among the oldest literary texts of Western vernacular culture, they are routinely patronized as pious fiction by modern historiography. This book demonstrates that to characterize the genre as fiction is to misunderstand the intentions of medievalauthors, who were neither credulous fools nor men blinded by piety. Concentrating on English texts, Heffernan reconstructs the medieval perspective and considers sacred biography in relation to the community for which it was written; identifies the genre's rhetorical practices and purposes; anddemonstrates the syncret. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 019536001X 9780195360011 |