Eva von Contzen

The Scottish Legendary

Towards a poetics of hagiographic narration

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Produktbeschreibung

This study places the Scottish compilation of saints' legends within the hagiographic landscape of medieval Britain.

Produktdetails

• Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 468g
• ISBN-13: 9780719095962
• ISBN-10: 0719095964
• Artikelnr.: 44828467

Autorenporträt

Eva von Contzen is Junior Professor of English Literature at the University of Freiburg, Germany

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Scottish Legendary and narrative art 1. Towards a
narrative poetics of medieval saints' lives 2. Teacher and poet: the
narrator in the Scottish Legendary 3. Words and deeds: character depiction
and direct discourse 4. Putting the saint in perspective: ideology and
hagiographic narration 5. Saintly interiority: narrating conscience and
consciousness 6. The past, a foreign country: time, space and the
Scottishness of the Scottish Legendary Conclusion: A poetics of
hagiographic narration Appendix: The Scottish Legendary: authorship,
dialect, and arrangement Bibliography Index