Gail Ashton

The Generation of Identity in Late Medieval Hagiography

Speaking the Saint

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Produktbeschreibung

In this interdisciplinary and boundary breaking study, Gail Ashton examines the depiction of female saints in a wide range of medieval texts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 254g
• ISBN-13: 9781138867901
• ISBN-10: 113886790X
• Artikelnr.: 42090698

Autorenporträt

Gail Ashton

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Notes; Part 1 PART I; Section 01 1 Narration and narratorial control: the masculine voice; Section 01
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01 Mirk's Festial; Section 01
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02 The Life of St Katherine of Alexandria; Section 01
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03 Early South
English Legendary; Section 01
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04 Legendys of Hooly Wummen; Section 01
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05 The Golden Legend; Section 01
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06 The Canterbury Tales; Section 01
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07 Saint Cecilia: a fissured text; Section 01
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08 Notes; Part 2 PART II; Section 02 2 A concept of space and a notion of identity; Section 02
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01 Psychological space; Section 02
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02 Physical space; Section 02
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03 St Katherine; Section 02
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04 Maternity, paternity, and kinship; Section 02
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05 Notes; Section 03 3 Articulating an identity: speech, silence, and self
disclosure; Section 03
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01 Speech and silence; Section 03
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02 Patient control: a mimesis; Section 03
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03 St Katherine; Section 03
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04 Other voices: tears, melody, and angels; Section 03
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05 Notes; Section 04 4 Written on the body; Section 04
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01 Imitatio Christi: the site of the abject; Section 04
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02 Torture and violence: the rhythm of blood; Section 04
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03 Notes; Conclusion: song of the saint; Notes; Bibliography; Index;