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Virgin Martyrs : Legends of Sainthood in Late Medieval England by Karen A....
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- Literary Movement
- Medieval
- ISBN
- 9780801433337
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cornell University Press
ISBN-10
0801433339
ISBN-13
9780801433337
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1135090
Product Key Features
Book Title
Virgin Martyrs : Legends of Sainthood in Late Medieval England
Number of Pages
216 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1997
Topic
Women, Medieval, Christianity / Saints & Sainthood, Christian Church / History, Religious, Sexuality & Gender Studies, Customs & Traditions, Christianity / Literature & the Arts
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Religion, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
17.8 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
97-009318
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
This is truly exciting new work. Karen Winstead's book is the first discussion of virgin martyr legends that offers a broad survey of extant English texts from 1200 to 1400 A.D. Virgin Martyr s is clearly and logically organized, well-written, and it makes an original contribution to scholarship in persuasively historicizing virgin martyr legends., "While encompassing in scope, Winstead's study--a wonderfully balanced engagement with scholarship, primary texts, and visual representations--is nonetheless attuned to the specifics of each period and alert to the paradoxes and ambiguities of each individual text. . . . Winstead's thorough and consistently measured analysis of a large body of primary and secondary material makes this . . . an indispensible resource for future scholars interested in this fertile subject."--Elizabeth Robertson, Studies in the Age of Chaucer, "This is a wonderful collection. The legends, originally written in the vernacular to appeal to a broad lay audience, are here translated into lifevely idiomatic English. . . . A general introduction, offering a broad overvew accessible for the general reader but also of value for the specialist, includes as well thoughtful suggestions for reading these legends against current critical frameworks. . . . I found it to be an excellent text in an undergraduate course on romance; as these legends aply demonstrate, popular bodice rippers trace a direct lineage through stories of the virgin martyrs."-Sarah Stanbury, Speculum, "This collection of legends is a most welcome addition to the growing number of medieval texts in translation available to students. But it also enables a non-academic audience to appreciate the litereary tastes as well as the piety of the middle ages."--Julie Ann Smith, Parergon, "This is a wonderful collection. The legends, originally written in the vernacular to appeal to a broad lay audience, are here translated into lifevely idiomatic English. . . . A general introduction, offering a broad overvew accessible for the general reader but also of value for the specialist, includes as well thoughtful suggestions for reading these legends against current critical frameworks. . . . I found it to be an excellent text in an undergraduate course on romance; as these legends aply demonstrate, popular bodice rippers trace a direct lineage through stories of the virgin martyrs."--Sarah Stanbury, Speculum, This collection of legends is a most welcome addition to the growing number of medieval texts in translation available to students. But it also enables a non-academic audience to appreciate the litereary tastes as well as the piety of the middle ages., "The most obvious strengths of Winstead's book are the thoroughness and care with which she differentiates one text from another; the caliber of her scholarship, which manages simultaneously to be meticulous and up to date; and her determination to resist reductive, oversimplified readings of both individual texts and genre as a whole. The book is also written with uncommon clarity and efficiency, the illustrations are well chosen and clearly reproduced, and the endnotes and bibliography are a model of accuracy and helpfulness. . . . It opens up the sublect of vernacular hagiography in late medieval England. . . . She makes us look at the whole tradition with new eyes."--Sherry Reames, Journal of English and Germanic Philology, Winstead skillfully demonstrates a radical revision in late medieval England's ideals of sainthood as expressed in the form of hagiography known as the virgin martyr legend. Winstead convincingly argues that far from remaining static, different versions of lives of the same saints composed or painted over the period from the 12th to the 15th centuries in England convey remarkably different virtues.... Richly detailed and amply illustrated, this well-written study makes a valuable contribution to scholarship and should be in all libraries serving upper-division undergraduate and graduate students., "This collection of legends is a most welcome addition to the growing number of medieval texts in translation available to students. But it also enables a non-academic audience to appreciate the litereary tastes as well as the piety of the middle ages."-Julie Ann Smith, Parergon, "An insightful study. . . . Winstead is persuasive, and she successfully shows how the lives of the early female virgin martyrs related to the concerns of late-medieval women and men."-Catholic Historical Review, "Winstead skillfully demonstrates a radical revision in late medieval England's ideals of sainthood as expressed in the form of hagiography known as the virgin martyr legend. Winstead convincingly argues that far from remaining static, different versions of lives of the same saints composed or painted over the period from the 12th to the 15th centuries in England convey remarkably different virtues. . . . Richly detailed and amply illustrated, this well-written study makes a valuable contribution to scholarship and should be in all libraries serving upper-division undergraduate and graduate students."--Choice, The most obvious strengths of Winstead's book are the thoroughness and care with which she differentiates one text from another; the caliber of her scholarship, which manages simultaneously to be meticulous and up to date; and her determination to resist reductive, oversimplified readings of both individual texts and genre as a whole. The book is also written with uncommon clarity and efficiency, the illustrations are well chosen and clearly reproduced, and the endnotes and bibliography are a model of accuracy and helpfulness.... It opens up the sublect of vernacular hagiography in late medieval England.... She makes us look at the whole tradition with new eyes., "This is truly exciting new work. Karen Winstead's book is the first discussion of virgin martyr legends that offers a broad survey of extant English texts from 1200 to 1400 A.D. Virgin Martyrs is clearly and logically organized, well-written, and it makes an original contribution to scholarship in persuasively historicizing virgin martyr legends."-Kathleen Ashley, University of Southern Maine, "An insightful study. . . . Winstead is persuasive, and she successfully shows how the lives of the early female virgin martyrs related to the concerns of late-medieval women and men."--Catholic Historical Review, While encompassing in scope, Winstead's study--a wonderfully balanced engagement with scholarship, primary texts, and visual representations--is nonetheless attuned to the specifics of each period and alert to the paradoxes and ambiguities of each individual text.... Winstead's thorough and consistently measured analysis of a large body of primary and secondary material makes this... an indispensible resource for future scholars interested in this fertile subject., "The most obvious strengths of Winstead's book are the thoroughness and care with which she differentiates one text from another; the caliber of her scholarship, which manages simultaneously to be meticulous and up to date; and her determination to resist reductive, oversimplified readings of both individual texts and genre as a whole. The book is also written with uncommon clarity and efficiency, the illustrations are well chosen and clearly reproduced, and the endnotes and bibliography are a model of accuracy and helpfulness. . . . It opens up the sublect of vernacular hagiography in late medieval England. . . . She makes us look at the whole tradition with new eyes."-Sherry Reames, Journal of English and Germanic Philology, "While encompassing in scope, Winstead's study-a wonderfully balanced engagement with scholarship, primary texts, and visual representations-is nonetheless attuned to the specifics of each period and alert to the paradoxes and ambiguities of each individual text. . . . Winstead's thorough and consistently measured analysis of a large body of primary and secondary material makes this . . . an indispensible resource for future scholars interested in this fertile subject."-Elizabeth Robertson, Studies in the Age of Chaucer, "Winstead skillfully demonstrates a radical revision in late medieval England's ideals of sainthood as expressed in the form of hagiography known as the virgin martyr legend. Winstead convincingly argues that far from remaining static, different versions of lives of the same saints composed or painted over the period from the 12th to the 15th centuries in England convey remarkably different virtues. . . . Richly detailed and amply illustrated, this well-written study makes a valuable contribution to scholarship and should be in all libraries serving upper-division undergraduate and graduate students."-Choice, An insightful study.... Winstead is persuasive, and she successfully shows how the lives of the early female virgin martyrs related to the concerns of late-medieval women and men., "This is truly exciting new work. Karen Winstead's book is the first discussion of virgin martyr legends that offers a broad survey of extant English texts from 1200 to 1400 A.D. Virgin Martyrs is clearly and logically organized, well-written, and it makes an original contribution to scholarship in persuasively historicizing virgin martyr legends."--Kathleen Ashley, University of Southern Maine, This is a wonderful collection. The legends, originally written in the vernacular to appeal to a broad lay audience, are here translated into lively idiomatic English.... A general introduction, offering a broad overvew accessible for the general reader but also of value for the specialist, includes as well thoughtful suggestions for reading these legends against current critical frameworks.... I found it to be an excellent text in an undergraduate course on romance; as these legends aply demonstrate, popular bodice rippers trace a direct lineage through stories of the virgin martyrs.
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal
272/.082
Synopsis
Stories of the torture and execution of beautiful Christian women first appeared in late antiquity and proliferated during the early Middle Ages. A thousand years later, virgin martyrs were still the most popular female saints. Their legends, in countless retellings through the centuries, preserved a standard plot--the heroine resists a pagan suitor, endures cruelties inflicted by her rejected lover or outraged family, works miracles, and dies for Christ. That sequence was embellished by incidents emblematic of the specific saint: Juliana's battle with the devil, Barbara's immurement in the tower, Katherine's encounter with spiked wheels. Karen A. Winstead examines this seemingly static story form and discovers subtle shifts in the representation of the virgin martyrs, as their legends were adapted for changing audiences in late medieval England., Stories of the torture and execution of beautiful Christian women first appeared in late antiquity and proliferated during the early Middle Ages. A thousand years later, virgin martyrs were still...
LC Classification Number
BX4659.G7W56 1997
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