The Scottish legendary : towards a poetics of hagiographic narration / / Eva von Contzen [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Contzen Eva von
• Pubblicazione: Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
• Disciplina: 820.9382094110902
• Soggetto topico: Scottish literature - To 1700 - History and criticism; English literature - Scottish authors - History and criticism; Scottish poetry - To 1700 - History and criticism; Saints in literature; Religion in literature; Christian hagiography in literature
• Soggetto genere / forma: Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Soggetto non controllato: Hagiography; Narrative art; Narrative theory; Saints' lives; Scotland
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2016.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: A 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Scottish legendary
• ISBN: 1-5261-0967-0; 1-5261-0026-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910159015903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Manchester medieval literature and culture.