Old English Life of St Mary of Egypt

An Edition of the Old English Text with Modern English Parallel-Text Translation

AvHugh Magennis

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

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Beskrivning

Mary of Egypt, a penitent prostitute and figure of female autonomy and authority, is a disconcerting and unconventional saint, especially in an Anglo-Saxon context. She is not the kind of model of idealized female virtue normally favoured by leading churchmen in Anglo-Saxon England, and yet her life occurs in the manuscript of Ælfric's Lives of Saints, probably the most influential vernacular collection of saints' lives of its period. The story of Mary has been unduly neglected by students and teachers of Old English, but, with its gripping and intense narrative, it raises exciting issues in the study of medieval literature and culture, issues concerning gender, spirituality, cultural history and other current preoccupations. This edition makes the Old English Life conveniently and authoritatively available to today's readers. The text is presented in an uncluttered manner with facing-page modern English translation and is accompanied by a detailed introduction and concise commentary and a full glossary. A text and facing-page translation of the Latin source used by the Old English writer are also given.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2002-04-02
Mått:133 x 200 x undefined mm
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies
Antal sidor:272
Förlag:Liverpool University Press
ISBN:9780859896726
Översättare:Hugh Magennis

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Essäer inom Skönlitteratur
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Hugh Magennis is Professor of Old English Literature at Queen's University Belfast. He has published widely on Anglo-Saxon and related writings, and his books include The Anonymous Old English Legend of the Seven Sleepers (Durham, 1994) and (with Mary Clayton) The Old English Lives of St Margaret (Cambridge, 1994).

Recensioner i media

The edition and elegant translation are very well-presented, and the book is suitable for use by students as well as scholars who require textual apparatus, including as it does a useful glossary of Old English at the back… This welcome edition, then, should have the effect of boosting interest in the story of Mary of Egypt amongst Old English scholars, who are now in a much better position for using the Life as a teaching text, for example, and for all those concerned with the study of gender and religion in the medieval period.

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionThe Legend of St Mary of EgyptSt Mary of Egypt in the Latin WestThe Old English Version and its ManuscriptsThe Old English Texts: Issues of Transmission and RelationshipSourceLanguageStyle and Register in the Old English LifeSelect BibliographyText and TranslationEditorial ProcedureOld English TextTranslationCommentaryVariant ReadingsAppendix: Vita S. Mariae EgyptiacaeLatin TextTranslationGlossary