The Scottish Legendary

Informationen zum Autor Eva von Contzen is Junior Professor of English Literature at the University of Freiburg, Germany Klappentext This study places the Scottish compilation of saints' legends within the hagiographic landscape of medieval Britain. Zusammenfassung This study places the Scottish compilation of saints' legends within the hagiographic landscape of medieval Britain. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The Scottish Legendary and narrative art1. Towards a narrative poetics of medieval saints' lives 2. Teacher and poet: the narrator in the Scottish Legendary 3. Words and deeds: character depiction and direct discourse 4. Putting the saint in perspective: ideology and hagiographic narration 5. Saintly interiority: narrating conscience and consciousness 6. The past, a foreign country: time, space and the Scottishness of the Scottish Legendary Conclusion: A poetics of hagiographic narration Appendix: The Scottish Legendary: authorship, dialect, and arrangement Bibliography Index

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This study places the Scottish compilation of saints' legends within the hagiographic landscape of medieval Britain.

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Introduction: The Scottish Legendary and narrative art 1. Towards a narrative poetics of medieval saints' lives 2. Teacher and poet: the narrator in the Scottish Legendary 3. Words and deeds: character depiction and direct discourse 4. Putting the saint in perspective: ideology and hagiographic narration 5. Saintly interiority: narrating conscience and consciousness 6. The past, a foreign country: time, space and the Scottishness of the Scottish Legendary Conclusion: A poetics of hagiographic narration Appendix: The Scottish Legendary: authorship, dialect, and arrangement Bibliography Index