Everyday Saints and the Art of Narrative in the South English Legendary.

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thompson, Anne B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Florence : Taylor and Francis, 2003.
Temas:
South English legendary.
South English legendary
To 1500
Christian literature, English (Middle) > History and criticism.
English language > Middle English, 1100-1500 > Rhetoric.
Christian saints > Legends > History and criticism.
Christian hagiography > History > To 1500.
Manners and customs in literature.
Narration (Rhetoric) > History > To 1500.
Rhetoric, Medieval.
Littérature chrétienne anglaise (moyen anglais) > Histoire et critique.
Anglais (Langue) > 1100-1500 (Moyen anglais) > Rhétorique.
Saints chrétiens > Légendes > Histoire et critique.
Mœurs et coutumes dans la littérature.
Rhétorique médiévale.
Christian hagiography
Christian literature, English (Middle)
Christian saints > Legends
Manners and customs in literature
Narration (Rhetoric)
Rhetoric, Medieval
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of abbreviations
  • Note on transcription and translation
  • PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
  • 1 Tales of the Saints
  • Beginnings
  • The legend of Saint Hilary
  • Hagiography and its discontents
  • The art of narrative and the influence of everyday life
  • 2 Writing in English
  • The poetry of popular instruction
  • The Ormulum
  • Cursor Mundi
  • Handlyng Synne
  • The South English Legendary
  • PART TWO: THE ART OF NARRATIVE
  • 3 Narrative Beginnings
  • Narrative and repetition in the Ormulum
  • Cursor Mundfs coherent biography
  • The South English Legendary and the perils of originality
  • 4 The Uses of Romance
  • Romance as a generic influence
  • Mary Magdalen and the prince of Marseille
  • Isumbras and Eustace
  • The Isumbras romance
  • The Eustace legend
  • 5 The Idea of a Collection
  • Sources and authors
  • The idea of a collection
  • The triumph of narrative in All Souls
  • The story of the buried miner
  • PART THREE: THE INFLUENCE OF EVERYDAY LIFE
  • 6 Escaping the Virgin Martyr Plot
  • Prides wide of Oxford
  • Ordinary wives
  • The legend of Julian the Hospitaller
  • The legend of Clement
  • 7 Conclusion
  • Telling stories about the world
  • A world of people
  • The natural world
  • Letting the tale speak
  • Appendix: The South English Legendary
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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