Sacred Biography: Saints and Their Biographers in the Middle Ages Paperback - 1992
by Thomas J. Heffernan
Though the medieval "saints' lives" are among the oldest literary texts of Western vernacular culture, they are routinely considered as pious fiction by many. Heffernan demonstrates that to characterize the genre as fiction is to misunderstand the intentions of medieval authors as he explores sacred biographies in relation to the community for which they were written.
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This excellent book attempts to bridge the gulf separating medieval from modern sensibility with regard to issues of authority and judgment in biographical writing...Logical, thorough, and well-documented...It is now, and will be for some time to come, the most substantive study of the subject, providing a fair assessment of the work of earlier pioneers, establishing a far-ranging and comprehensive bibliography, and offering new, fresh insights on the writing, context, and reception of 'sacred biographies.'
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- Title Sacred Biography: Saints and Their Biographers in the Middle Ages
- Author Thomas J. Heffernan
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Printing
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, -
- Date 1992-10-01
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780195079074 / 0195079078
- Weight 0.91 lbs (0.41 kg)
- Dimensions 8.27 x 5.56 x 0.94 in (21.01 x 14.12 x 2.39 cm)
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- Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
- Cultural Region: British
- Religious Orientation: Catholic
- Religious Orientation: Christian
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 87030280
- Dewey Decimal Code 820.938
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