| From Verse to Prose: The Barlaam and Josaphat Legend in Fifteenth-Century Germany Contributor(s): Colomino, Salvatore (Author) |
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ISBN: 091637968X ISBN-13: 9780916379681 Publisher: Scripta Humanistica OUR PRICE: $54.63 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - German |
| Dewey: 830.935 |
| LCCN: 89027817 |
| Series: Scripta Humanistica |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.97 lbs) 230 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This monograph examines a fifteenth-century German prose redaction of the Barlaam and Josaphat legend. Through a comparison with contemporary versions of the story, the text edited here is shown to be an original contribution to the corpus of fifteenth-century hagiographic literature. A discussion of innovations in the prose Barlaam and Josaphat text further emphasizes differences from earlier poetic versions of the legend. Through an expansion of liturgical references and corresponding deletion of any secular commentary, the prose reviser has effectively adapted his material to a fifteenth-century clerical audience. |