02526nam 2200505 450 991079527850332120220302092649.090-04-42133-510.1163/9789004421332(CKB)4920000000127192(OCoLC)1122916546(nllekb)BRILL9789004421332(MiAaPQ)EBC6853695(Au-PeEL)EBL6853695(PPN)258969709(EXLCZ)99492000000012719220220302d2020 uy 0engurun| uuuuatxtrdacontentnrdamediancrdacarrierThe hagiographical experiment developing discourses of sainthood /edited by Christa Gray, James Corke-WebsterLeiden ;Boston :Brill,[2020]©20201 online resourceSupplements to Vigiliae Christianae ;Volume 15890-04-42132-7 Includes bibliographical references and index."The Hagiographical Experiment: Developing Discourses of Sainthood throws fresh light on narratives about Christian holy men and women from Late Antiquity to Byzantium. Rather than focusing on the relationship between story and reality, it asks what literary choices authors made in depicting their heroes and heroines: how they positioned the narrator, how they responded to existing texts, how they utilised or transcended genre conventions for their own purposes, and how they sought to relate to their audiences. The literary focus of the chapters assembled here showcases the diversity of hagiographical texts written in Greek, Latin, Coptic, and Syriac, as well as pointing out the ongoing conversations that connect them. By asking these questions of this diverse group of texts, it illuminates the literary development of hagiography in the late antique, Byzantine, and medieval periods".Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae ;Volume 158.Christian hagiographyHistory and criticismChristian literatureHistory and criticismChristian hagiographyHistory and criticism.Christian literatureHistory and criticism.229.925Gray Christa1982-Corke-Webster JamesMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910795278503321The hagiographical experiment3733992UNINA