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Excessive Saints: Gender, Narrative, and Theological Invention in Thomas of Cantimpre’s Mystical Hagiographies - Gender, Theory, and Religion Rachel J. D. Smith
Excessive Saints: Gender, Narrative, and Theological Invention in Thomas of Cantimpre’s Mystical Hagiographies - Gender, Theory, and Religion
Rachel J. D. Smith
Rachel J. D. Smith combines historical, literary, and theological approaches to offer a new interpretation of Thomas of Cantimpré’s hagiographies, showing how they employ vivid narrative portrayals of typically female bodies to perform theological work in a rhetorically specific way.
320 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | December 18, 2018 |
| ISBN13 | 9780231188609 |
| Publishers | Columbia University Press |
| Pages | 320 |
| Dimensions | 251 × 178 × 14 mm · 574 g |
| Language | English |
| Series Editor | Hollywood, Amy |