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Holy men and holy women : Old English prose saints' lives and their contexts / edited by Paul E. Szarmach.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- SUNY series in medieval studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English prose literature--Old English, ca. 450-1100--History and criticism.
- English prose literature.
- Christian literature, English (Old)--History and criticism.
- Christian literature, English (Old).
- Christian saints in literature.
- Christian hagiography.
- English prose literature--Old English.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, 1996.
- Summary:
- This collection of essays, focuses on the substantial body of saints' lives in Anglo-Saxon literature with special reference to Aelfric. The aim of these three collections has been to stimulate scholarly and critical interest in OE prose, thus redirecting the energies of Anglo-Saxonists towards a large body of material that has had comparatively few interpreters.
- Notes:
- Includes indexes.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0791427153
- 0791427161
- OCLC:
- 32012724
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