Work

Medieval Saints and Modern Screens

Year: 2017

Type: book

Abstract: The thirteenth-century Latin hagiographic works known as the "Holy Women of Liège" corpus presents biographies filled with dramatic visions of God and intense physical unions with Christ. The texts that make up the collection demonstrate the problematic division of body and soul in the period and also reveal the potential of text to transmit visual experiences. This book explores those qualities of the texts using the latest developments in film theory, taking up such topics as the relationship of film to mortality, embodied spectatorship, celebrity studies, and digital environments

Source: Amsterdam University Press eBooks

DOI: 10.1515/9789048532179

Author: Alicia Spencer-Hall

Institutions: University of Copenhagen, Fordham University, University of Groningen, University of Chicago, Salem State University, University College London, University of Amsterdam, Macquarie University

Language: English

Topic: Medieval Literature and History

Subfield: Classics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: Queen Mary University of London, University of Oxford, Arts and Humanities Research Council

OpenAlex ID: W4250913554

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Cites: 235

Cited by: 2

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