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Author:
Gulley, Alison, author.
Title:
The displacement of the body in Ælfric's virgin martyr lives / Alison Gulley.
Publisher:
Ashgate,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
152 pages ; 24 cm
Subject:
Aelfric,--Abbot of Eynsham.--Lives of saints.
Virginity in literature.
Martyrs in literature.
Marriage in literature.
Conversion in literature.
Conduct of life in literature.
Literature and society--England--History.
Christian hagiography--History--To 1500.
Christian literature, English (Old)--History and criticism.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- The ideal of castitas and the environment of Ælfric's virgin martyr legends -- Marital imagery, Marian allusion, and circumscribed virginity in Ælfric's life of Agnes -- Private lives and public contexts in Ælfric's lives of Agatha and Lucy -- Cross-dressing, sex-change, and womanhood in Ælfric's life of Eugenia -- Conversion and marital vocation in Passio Sanctae Cecilie Virginis -- Conclusion.
ISBN:
1409442144 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781409442141 (hardcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)852399936
LCCN:
2013021380
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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