Holy men and holy women Old English prose saints' lives and their contexts / edited by Paul E. Szarmach
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| Subjects: | Electronic books English prose literature--Old English, ca. 450-1100--History and criticism Christian literature, English (Old)--History and criticism Christian saints--Cult--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500 Civilization, Anglo-Saxon, in literature Civilization, Medieval, in literature Christian saints in literature Christian hagiography |
| Formats: | Electronic Resource, Remote |
| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, c1996 |
| Series: | SUNY series in medieval studies |
| LC Classification: | P, PR |
| Table of Contents: | Abbreviations and Short Titles Foreword / Paul E. Szarmach An Introduction to the Study of Old English Prose Hagiography: Sources and Resources / E. Gordon Whatley 3 Imago Dei: Genre, Symbolism, and Anglo-Saxon Hagiography / Thomas D. Hill 35 Saints and Companions to Saints: Anglo-Saxon Royal Women Monastics in Context / Carol Neuman de Vegvar 51 Hagiography and Politics in Early Northumbria / David Rollason 95 Aelfric's Sanctorale / Michael Lapidge 115 The Contents of the Cotton-Corpus Legendary / Peter Jackson, Michael Lapidge 131 Hermits and the Contemplative Life in Anglo-Saxon England / Mary Clayton 147 Saint Cuthbert: The Post-Conquest Appropriation of an Anglo-Saxon Cult / Barbara Abou-El-Haj 177 The Corpus of Anonymous Lives and Their Manuscript Context / D. G. Scragg 209 Appendix. The Three Anonymous Lives in Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 303 / D. G. Scragg, Elaine Treharne 231 The Dissemination of Aelfric's Lives of Saints: A Preliminary Survey / Joyce Hill 235 Experiments in Genre: The Saints' Lives in Aelfric's Catholic Homilies / M. R. Godden 261 Aelfric as Historian: His Use of Alcuin's Laudationes and Sulpicius' Dialogues in His Two Lives of Martin / Frederick M. Biggs 289 Aelfric and the Legend of the Seven Sleepers / Hugh Magennis 317 Discourse and Hypersignification in Two of Aelfric's Saints' Lives / Ruth Waterhouse 333 St. Euphrosyne: Holy Transvestite / Paul E. Szarmach 353 Index of Manuscripts 367 Index of Saints 371 Subject Index 377 |
| Alternate Titles: | Issued in other form: Original (DLC) 95001192 (OCoLC)32012724 |
| Additional Authors: | Szarmach, Paul E NetLibrary, Inc |
| Notes: | Invalid LCCN: 95001192 ISBN: 0585076073 (electronic bk.) :$74.50 ISBN: 0791427153 (acid-free) ISBN: 0791427161 (pbk. : acid-free) Includes bibliographical references and indexes Reproduction notes: Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2000. Available via the World Wide Web. Available in multiple electronic file formats. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries |
| Physical Description: | xvii, 390 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 44957318 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 0585076073 0791427153 0791427161 |