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Autore |
Ashton Gail <1957-> |
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Titolo |
The generation of identity in late medieval hagiography [[electronic resource] ] : speaking the saint / / Gail Ashton |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2000 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-67449-X |
1-280-33482-7 |
0-203-00491-4 |
0-203-17046-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (187 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge research in medieval studies ; ; 1 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Christian women saints - History and criticism |
Literature, Medieval - History and criticism |
Christian hagiography - History - To 1500 |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [162]-171) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Notes; PART I; 1 Narration and narratorial control: the masculine voice; Mirk's Festial; The Life of St Katherine of Alexandria; Early South-English Legendary; Legendys of Hooly Wummen; The Golden Legend; The Canterbury Tales; Saint Cecilia: a fissured text; Notes; PART II; 2 A concept of space and a notion of identity; Psychological space; Physical space; St Katherine; Maternity, paternity, and kinship; Notes; 3 Articulating an identity: speech, silence, and self-disclosure; Speech and silence |
Patient control: a mimesisSt Katherine; Other voices: tears, melody, and angels; Notes; 4 Written on the body; Imitatio Christi: the site of the abject; Torture and violence: the rhythm of blood; Notes; Conclusion: song of the saint; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this interdisciplinary and boundary-breaking study, Gail Ashton examines the portrayals of women saints in a wide range of medieval texts. She deploys the French feminist critical theory of Cixous and Iriguray to illuminate these depictions of women by men and to further |
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