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The displacement of the body in Ælfric's virgin martyr lives / Alison Gulley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gulley, Alison, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham. Lives of saints.
- Aelfric.
- Virginity in literature.
- Martyrs in literature.
- Marriage in literature.
- Conversion in literature.
- Conduct of life in literature.
- Literature and society--England--History.
- Literature and society.
- Christian hagiography--History--To 1500.
- Christian hagiography.
- History.
- Christian literature, English (Old)--History and criticism.
- Christian literature, English (Old).
- England.
- Physical Description:
- 152 pages ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Ælfric's virgin martyr lives
- Place of Publication:
- Farnham, Surrey, England : Ashgate, [2014]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The ideal of castitas and the environment of Ælfric's virgin martyr legends
- Marital imagery, Marian allusion, and circumscribed virginity in Ælfric's life of Agnes
- Private lives and public contexts in Ælfric's lives of Agatha and Lucy
- Cross-dressing, sex-change, and womanhood in Ælfric's life of Eugenia
- Conversion and marital vocation in Passio Sanctae Cecilie Virginis
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781409442141
- 1409442144
- OCLC:
- 852399936
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