Wace, the Hagiographical Works - The Conception Nostre Dame and the Lives of St Margaret and St Nicholas. Translated with Introduction and Notes by Jean Blacker, Glyn S. Burgess, Amy V. Ogden with the Original Texts Included

Wace's three hagiographical works, the Conception Nostre Dame and the Lives of St Margaret and St Nicholas, are brought together here for the first time in a volume containing the original texts, the first translations into English, notes and substantial introductions.

About the author

Jean Blacker, Ph.D. (1984) in Comparative Literature, University of California Berkeley, is Emerita Professor of French at Kenyon College. She has published on twelfth-century French and Latin historiography including Wace, Anglo-Norman prophecy and textual criticism.

Glyn S. Burgess, B.A., M.A. (Oxon), Docteur de l'Université de Paris (Sorbonne) (1968), Chevalier des Palmes Académiques, is Emeritus Professor of French at the University of Liverpool. He has published extensively on medieval French language and literature, his principal interests being Wace, short narrative and the legend of St Brendan.

Amy V. Ogden, Ph.D. (2001) in Romance Languages and Literatures, Princeton University, is Associate Professor of French at the University of Virginia. Her current research focuses on medieval French hagiography, manuscripts and new technologies.

Product details

• Authors: Jean Blacker, Glyn S Burgess, Glyn S. Burgess, Amy Ogden
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.06.2013
• EAN: 9789004247055
• ISBN: 978-90-04-24705-5
• No. of pages: 408
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 748 g
• Series: Studies in Medieval and Reform
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies