New legends of England : forms of community in late medieval saints' lives /

New Legends of England examines a previously unrecognized phenomenon of fifteenth-century English literary culture: the proliferation of vernacular Lives of British, Anglo-Saxon, and other native saints. Catherine Sanok argues these texts use literary experimentation to explore overlapping forms of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sanok, Catherine (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]
Colección:Middle Ages series.
Temas:
To 1500
Christian hagiography > History > To 1500.
Christian saints > England > Biography > Early works to 1800.
Christian saints > Legends > Early works to 1800.
Communities > England > History > To 1500.
Group identity > England > History > To 1500.
Christian literature, English (Middle) > History and criticism.
Saints chrétiens > Légendes > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Littérature chrétienne anglaise (moyen anglais) > Histoire et critique.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
Christian hagiography
Christian literature, English (Middle)
Christian saints
Communities
Group identity
Heilige
Heiligenvita
Mittelenglisch
Legende
England
Biography
Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Early works
History
Legends
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; A Note on Abbreviations and Spelling; Introduction; Chapter 1. Conceptualizing Community in the South English Legendary; Chapter 2. The Phenomenal Bodies of Anglo-Saxon Virgins; Chapter 3. Local Community and Secular Poetics in Middle English Lives of St. Wenefred; Chapter 4. Englishing the Golden Legend and the Geography of Religious Community; Chapter 5. Secular, Religious, and Literary Jurisdictions; Chapter 6. The City and the Inner Precincts of the Sacred; Chapter 7. St. Ursula and the Scale of English Community; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K.
  • LM; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Acknowledgments.

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