Sacred Biography: Saints and Their Biographers in the Middle Ages - Couverture souple

Heffernan, Thomas J.

 
9780195079074: Sacred Biography: Saints and Their Biographers in the Middle Ages
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0195079078 ISBN 13 : 9780195079074
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 1992

Synopsis

Medieval "saints' lives" are among the oldest literary texts of Western vernacular culture, yet are routinely patronized as "pious fiction". Heffernan demonstrates that to characterize the genre as fiction is to misunderstand the intentions of medieval authors, who were neither simply credulous or blinded by piety. Concentrating on Latin and English texts, Heffernan reconstructs the medieval perspective, arguing that such biographical writing presupposes an entirely different view of the world and the self, and presents new ideas of sin and guilt, of what was real and what imaginary, and for what one should live and die. Offering a new perspective on Christian literary expression, this book will appeal to scholars in Medieval, Religious and New Testament studies, Feminist Studies, and those interested in the history of Christian spirituality.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Medieval "saints' lives" are among the oldest literary texts of Western vernacular culture, yet are routinely patronized as "pious fiction". Heffernan demonstrates that to characterize the genre as fiction is to misunderstand the intentions of medieval authors, who were neither simply credulous or blinded by piety. Concentrating on Latin and English texts, Heffernan reconstructs the medieval perspective, arguing that such biographical writing presupposes an entirely different view of the world and the self, and presents new ideas of sin and guilt, of what was real and what imaginary, and for what one should live and die. Offering a new perspective on Christian literary expression, this book will appeal to scholars in Medieval, Religious and New Testament studies, Feminist Studies, and those interested in the history of Christian spirituality.

Revue de presse

A challenging and substantive contribution to the growing discussion of the lives of the saints among scholars in both the humanities and the social sciences. (Theological Studies)

Heffernan has read widely and reflectively in the vast field of medieval hagiography and given us a book on the subject that probes deeply into the nature of the documents and the vagaries of our response to them. (Church History)

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press
Date d'édition
1992
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0195079078
ISBN 13 
9780195079074
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
348
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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9780195052251: Sacred Biography: Saints And Their Biographers in the Middle Ages

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0195052250 ISBN 13 :  9780195052251
Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 1989
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