Saints alive : word, image, and enactment in the lives of the saints / David Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, David (David Eliot), 1939-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian saints in literature.

Christian saints in art.

Saints in motion pictures.

Saints in opera.

Christian hagiography--History and criticism.

Christian hagiography.

Anne (Mother of the Virgin Mary), Saint--In motion pictures.

Anne.

Thomas, à Becket, Saint, 1118?-1170--In literature.

Thomas.

Kolbe, Maximilian, Saint, 1894-1941--In literature.

Kolbe, Maximilian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca, N.Y. : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

David Williams shows that images associated with saints are not simply illustrations of written accounts, nor are the gestures, prayers, and liturgical practices of devotees of saints' cults simply derivative of them. Rather, images and enactments expand and complete the text, adding visual and dramatic dimensions. Williams demonstrates his ideas through discussion and case studies of three saints: the biblical figure of Saint Anne, mother of the Virgin; the medieval English martyr Saint Thomas Becket; and Saint Maximillian Mary Kolbe, who gave his life to save that of another in the Auschwitz concentration camp. A remarkable study of text, image, and enactment, Saints Alive presents a complete study of the depiction of saints that will change the way they are understood.

Contents:

Word, image, enactment

Saint Anne

Saint Thomas Becket

Saint Maximilian Kolbe.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-220) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-70061-1

0-7735-9099-4

OCLC:

816041784