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Impolitic Bodies: Poetry, Saints, and Society in Fifteenth-Century England: The Work of Osbern Bokenham Delany, Sheila (Professor of English, Professor of English, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada)
Impolitic Bodies: Poetry, Saints, and Society in Fifteenth-Century England: The Work of Osbern Bokenham
Delany, Sheila (Professor of English, Professor of English, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada)
An examination of the work of English Augustinian friar Osbern Bokenham which explores the relation of history and literature through the Wars of the Roses and the Hundred Years War and considers Legends of Holy Women, a collection of all female saints' lives written by Bokenham between 1443 and 1447.
236 pages, halftones, line figures
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | February 5, 1998 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195109894 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 256 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 231 × 5 mm · 362 g |
| Language | English |