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Saints Alive : Word, Image, and Enactment in the Lives of the Saints

By David Williams

Book information

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Year
2010
ISBN
9780773590991, 9780773537088
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (11084376 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
239\239
Time added
2023-08-12 09:35:37

Description

David Williams shows that images associated with saints are not simply illustrations of written accounts, nor are the gestures, prayers, and liturgical practices of devotees of saints' cults simply derivative of them. Rather, images and enactments expand and complete the text, adding visual and dramatic dimensions. Williams demonstrates his ideas through discussion and case studies of three saints: the biblical figure of Saint Anne, mother of the Virgin; the medieval English martyr Saint Thomas Becket; and Saint Maximillian Mary Kolbe, who gave his life to save that of another in the Auschwitz concentration camp. A remarkable study of text, image, and enactment, Saints Alive presents a complete study of the depiction of saints that will change the way they are understood.

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