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

30 Sep 2010

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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Authors

David Williams

Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-220) and index
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CaOOCEL
Dewey Decimal Classification Number
809/.8921282
Dewey Decimal Edition Number
22
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Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
ISBN
9780773537088 9780773590991
LCCN
PN49
LCCN Item number
W552 2010eb
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CaBNVSL
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CaOONL
Physical Description | Extent
1 electronic text (xi, 226 p.)
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Canada
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CaOOCEL
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Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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(CaBNVSL)slc00230753 (OCoLC)816041784 (CaOOCEL)444366
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Mode of access: World Wide Web
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CaOONL

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