03277oam 2200673I 450 991096265810332120251117090033.01-315-25578-21-351-93808-810.4324/9781315255781 (CKB)3710000001081356(MiAaPQ)EBC4817301(Au-PeEL)EBL4817301(CaPaEBR)ebr11356471(CaONFJC)MIL997006(OCoLC)975225798(OCoLC)988389314(BIP)61810215(BIP)7879570(EXLCZ)99371000000108135620180706e20162003 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierEveryday saints and the art of narrative in the South English legendary /Anne B. Thompson1st ed.London ;New York :Routledge,2016.1 online resource (237 pages) illustrations, tablesFirst published 2003 by Ashgate Publishing.0-7546-3293-8 1-351-93809-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. The art of narrative -- pt. 3. The influence of everyday life.Anne Thompson here gives the fullest account and explanation to date of the diversity of the more than sixty manuscripts of the South English Legendary, a late thirteenth-century collection of lively verse lives of saints, in a southern English dialect. The importance of the SEL to hagiographic and cultural studies has been increasingly acknowledged in recent years. Without denying the legendaries' religious purpose, this book looks at the way SEL narratives reflect and address the complex, interwined tapestry"political, social, religious"of Edward I's England, while retaining a strong emphasis on the craft of story-telling. Thompson shows the SEL to be a fresh and exciting early example of popular vernacular literature. Firmly grounded in rural and small town life of the 1270s to 1290s in the west of England, it is uniquely significant for any understanding of that culture.Christian literature, English (Middle)History and criticismEnglish languageMiddle English, 1100-1500RhetoricChristian saintsLegendsHistory and criticismChristian hagiographyHistoryTo 1500Manners and customs in literatureNarration (Rhetoric)HistoryTo 1500Rhetoric, MedievalChristian literature, English (Middle)History and criticism.English languageRhetoric.Christian saintsLegendsHistory and criticism.Christian hagiographyHistoryManners and customs in literature.Narration (Rhetoric)HistoryRhetoric, Medieval.820.9/3823Thompson Anne B(Anne Booth),1939-,1872297MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910962658103321Everyday saints and the art of narrative in the South English legendary4481420UNINA