Her life historical : exemplarity and female saints' lives in late medieval England

Her life historical : exemplarity and female saints' lives in late medieval England / Catherine Sanok.

Author/creator	Sanok, Catherine
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2007.
Description	xvii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Subject(s)	Christian hagiography--History --To 1500. Christian women saints--Biography --History and criticism. Christian literature, English (Middle)--History and criticism. Christian women--Religious life --England --History --To 1500.

Series	Middle Ages series Middle Ages series. ^A511997
Contents	Imitating the past: exemplarity and/as history -- Female saints' lives and the invention of a feminine audience -- Fictions of feminine community in Bokenham's legendary -- Exemplarity and England in native saints' lives -- Hagiography and historical comparison in the Book of Margaret Kempe -- Performing the past: saints' plays and the Second nun's tale.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-245) and index.
LCCN	2006044664
ISBN	0812239865 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780812239867 (cloth : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	BX4656 .S33 2007	✔ Available	Place Hold