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Author Ashton, Gail, 1957-

Title The generation of identity in late medieval hagiography : speaking the saint / Gail Ashton
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 176 pages)
Series Routledge research in medieval studies ; 1
Routledge research in medieval studies ; 1.
Contents Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Narration and narratorial control: the masculine voice; A concept of space and a notion of identity; Articulating an identity: speech, silence, and self-disclosure; Written on the body; Conclusion: song of the saint; Bibliography; Index
Summary In this interdisciplinary and boundary breaking study, Gail Ashton examines the depiction of female saints in a wide range of medieval texts
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-171) and index
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Subject Christian women saints -- Biography -- History and criticism
Christian saints -- Biography -- History and criticism
Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism.
Christian hagiography.
RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Angelology & Demonology.
Christian hagiography
Christian saints -- Biography
Christian women saints -- Biography
Literature, Medieval
Hagiografie.
Sekseverschillen.
Vrouwen.
Heiligen.
Genre/Form Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0203170466
9780203170465
0203004914
9780203004913
9780415182102
0415182107
9786610334827
661033482X