03345nam 2200649Ia 450 991077886480332120230422040941.01-134-67449-X1-280-33482-70-203-00491-40-203-17046-6(CKB)111004366676492(EBL)165388(OCoLC)48139257(SSID)ssj0000161478(PQKBManifestationID)11160602(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000161478(PQKBWorkID)10198316(PQKB)11147858(MiAaPQ)EBC165388(Au-PeEL)EBL165388(CaPaEBR)ebr10054070(CaONFJC)MIL33482(EXLCZ)9911100436667649219990414d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe generation of identity in late medieval hagiography[electronic resource] speaking the saint /Gail AshtonLondon ;New York Routledge20001 online resource (187 p.)Routledge research in medieval studies ;1Description based upon print version of record.1-138-86790-X 0-415-18210-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [162]-171) and index.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 silencePatient 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; IndexIn 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 our understanding of both the lives and deeds of female saints and the contemporary, and almost always male, attitudes to them.Routledge research in medieval studies ;1.Christian women saintsBiographyHistory and criticismLiterature, MedievalHistory and criticismChristian hagiographyHistoryTo 1500Christian women saintsHistory and criticism.Literature, MedievalHistory and criticism.Christian hagiographyHistory235/.2/082Ashton Gail1957-1492664MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778864803321The generation of identity in late medieval hagiography3715289UNINA