Her Life Historical: Exemplarity and Female Saints' Lives in Late Medieval England

Catherine Sanok

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2007

Her Life Historical

Exemplarity and Female Saints' Lives in Late Medieval England

Catherine Sanok

In the series The Middle Ages Series

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812203004

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About this book

Her Life Historical offers a major reconsideration of one of the most popular narrative forms in late medieval England—the lives of female saints—and one of the period's primary modes of interpretation, exemplarity.

Author / Editor information

Catherine Sanok teaches English at the University of Michigan.

Reviews

"Elegantly written and learned."—Choice

"Sanok's impeccably researched volume . . . should definitely put an end to the fiction that late medieval hagiographic literature knew nothing of history."—Journal of British Studies

"This is a wonderful book. The argument is original and compelling, and the research thorough and convincing. It will make an important contribution both to the specific studies of medieval hagiography and medieval women's literary culture and to the broader field of medieval studies."—Jennifer Summit, Stanford University

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
1. Imitating the Past: Exemplarity and/ as History Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Female Saints’ Lives and the Invention of a Feminine Audience Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
3. Fictions of Feminine Community in Bokenham’s Legendary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
4. Exemplarity and England in Native Saints’ Li Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
5. Hagiography and Historical Comparison in the Book of Margery Kempe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	116
6. Performing the Past: Saints’ Plays and the Second Nun)s Tale Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Afterword Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
Works Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 280
Illustrations
- Other: 1 illus.
Keywords: Literature; Religion; Women's Studies; Gender Studies; Medieval and Renaissance Studies; Religious Studies; Gender Studies

eBook

Published: April 23, 2013
ISBN: 9780812203004