02994nam 2200673 450 991015901590332120210111215234.01-5261-0967-01-5261-0026-6(CKB)3710000000881845(StDuBDS)EDZ0001436867(MiAaPQ)EBC4786988(DE-B1597)659509(DE-B1597)9781526100269(EXLCZ)99371000000088184520160512d2016 fy| 0engur|||||||||||rdacontentrdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe Scottish legendary towards a poetics of hagiographic narration /Eva von Contzen[electronic resource]Manchester :Manchester University Press,2016.1 online resource illustrations (black and white)Manchester medieval literature and culturePreviously issued in print: 2016.1-5261-0027-4 0-7190-9596-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Towards a narrative poetics of medieval saints' lives -- 2 Teacher and poet -- 3 Words and deeds -- 4 Putting the saint in perspective -- 5 Saintly interiority -- 6 The past, a foreign country -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- IndexA study of the 'Scottish Legendary' of the late 14th century. The only extant collection of saints' lives in the vernacular from medieval Scotland, the work scrutinises the dynamics of hagiographic narration, its implicit assumptions about literariness, and the functions of telling the lives of the saints.Manchester medieval literature and culture.Scottish literatureTo 1700History and criticismEnglish literatureScottish authorsHistory and criticismScottish poetryTo 1700History and criticismSaints in literatureReligion in literatureChristian hagiography in literatureCriticism, interpretation, etc.fastHagiography.Narrative art.Narrative theory.Saints' lives.Scotland.Scottish literatureHistory and criticism.English literatureScottish authorsHistory and criticism.Scottish poetryHistory and criticism.Saints in literature.Religion in literature.Christian hagiography in literature.820.9382094110902Contzen Eva von1244025StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910159015903321The Scottish legendary2885655UNINA