Chaste Passions (eBook)

Medieval English Virgin Martyr Legends

Karen A. Winstead (Autor)

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2018
224 Seiten
Cornell University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5017-1158-9 (ISBN)

Infos

I must again emphasise how impressive, overall, this collection truly is, and how Winstead's translations will open up possible classroom discussions.... This is a fine anthology, and an important, and-it must be said-fun addtion to any bookshelf.- Jacqueline Jenkins, University of Calgary -Arthuriana Virgin martyrs make up one of the largest categories of medieval saints. To judge by their frequent appearances in art and literature, they also figure among the most venerated. The legends of virgin martyrs, retold in various ways through the centuries, illuminate trends in popular piety, values, and literary tastes.Chaste Passions contains sixteen English virgin martyr legends, each of a different saint and each translated into colloquial, modern English prose. Faithful in tone and meaning to the originals, Karen Winstead's lively translations allow contemporary readers to appreciate why virgin martyr legends thrived for hundreds of years. Winstead presents the tales in chronological order, tracing the effects of the composition and tastes of the audience on the development of the genre. The virgin martyr, Winstead tells us, escapes the confining female stereotypes-demure maiden or disruptive shrew-prevalent in writings of the period. Because nearly all of the texts were written by men but addressed to women, they exhibit a fascinating interplay between male views of so-called women's literature and the demands of their intended audience. Familiarity with this widely read genre is essential to a full understanding of medieval culture, andChaste Passions is an excellent introduction to these often racy, sometimes comic, tales

Autor

Karen A. Winstead, Associate Professor of English at The Ohio State University, is the author of Virgin Martyrs: Legends of Sainthood in Late Medieval England, also from Cornell.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.5.2018
• Verlagsort: Ithaca
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Christian female saints • Christianity • Christianity studies • Christian legends • Christian saints • christian women legends • Christian women martyrs • English Virgin Martyr • female legends • female martyrdom • female stereotypes • History of Christianity • life of a saint • Lives of Saints • martyrdom • martyrdom of the early medieval ages • Medieval English Virgin Martyr Legends • Medieval Literary Criticism • Medieval Literature • medieval martyr legends • medieval saints • medieval stories • Medieval Studies • Medieval writings • religious historical texts • religious virginity • renaissance literary criticism • Renaissance literature • renaissance martyrs • saing anastasia • saint agatha • saint agnes • saint cecilia • saint christine • saint dorothy • saint eugenia • saint juliana • saint margaret • saint petronilla • saint ursulat • saint winifred • Virgin Martyr Legends • Virgin Martyr mythology • virgin martyrs • Virgin Martyr saints • Virgin Martyrs legends • Virgin Martyrs literature • Virgin Martyrs poems • Virgin Martyrs prose • Virgin Martyr stories • Virgin Martyr tales • Women Saints • Women's literature
• ISBN-10: 1-5017-1158-X / 150171158X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5017-1158-9 / 9781501711589