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Middle English Legends of Women Saints

About Middle English Legends of Women Saints

Presents a collection of saints' lives intended to suggest the diversity of possibilities beneath the supposedly fixed and predictable surfaces of the legends, using multiple retellings of the same legend to illustrate that medieval readers and listeners did not just passively receive saints' legends but continually and actively appropriated them.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9781580440462
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 322
  • Published:
  • February 28, 2003
  • Edition:
  • Dimensions:
  • 257x178x21 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 698 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: November 24, 2024

Description of Middle English Legends of Women Saints

Presents a collection of saints' lives intended to suggest the diversity of possibilities beneath the supposedly fixed and predictable surfaces of the legends, using multiple retellings of the same legend to illustrate that medieval readers and listeners did not just passively receive saints' legends but continually and actively appropriated them.

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