LEADER 03378nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910455258603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-67449-X 010 $a1-280-33482-7 010 $a0-203-00491-4 010 $a0-203-17046-6 035 $a(CKB)111004366676492 035 $a(EBL)165388 035 $a(OCoLC)48139257 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000161478 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11160602 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000161478 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10198316 035 $a(PQKB)11147858 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC165388 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL165388 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10054070 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL33482 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004366676492 100 $a19990414d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe generation of identity in late medieval hagiography$b[electronic resource] $espeaking the saint /$fGail Ashton 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2000 215 $a1 online resource (187 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge research in medieval studies ;$v1 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-86790-X 311 $a0-415-18210-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [162]-171) and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $aPatient 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 330 $aIn this interdisciplinary and boundary-breaking study, Gail Ashton examines the portrayals of women saints in a wide range of medieval texts. She deploys the French feminist critical theory of Cixous and Iriguray to illuminate these depictions of women by men and to further our understanding of both the lives and deeds of female saints and the contemporary, and almost always male, attitudes to them. 410 0$aRoutledge research in medieval studies ;$v1. 606 $aChristian women saints$vBiography$xHistory and criticism 606 $aLiterature, Medieval$xHistory and criticism 606 $aChristian hagiography$xHistory$yTo 1500 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aChristian women saints$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aLiterature, Medieval$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aChristian hagiography$xHistory 676 $a235/.2/082 700 $aAshton$b Gail$f1957-$0903711 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455258603321 996 $aThe generation of identity in late medieval hagiography$92037878 997 $aUNINA