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Miracles of Our Lady (Hardcover)
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Miracles of Our Lady (Hardcover)
Series: Studies in Romance Languages
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Loot Price R552
Discovery Miles 5 520
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Miracle tales, in which people are rewarded for piety or punished
for sin through the intervention of the Virgin Mary, were a popular
literary form all through the Middle Ages. Milagros de Nuestra
Sehora, a collection of such stories by the Spanish secular priest
Gonzalo de Berceo, is a premier example of this genre; it is also
regarded as one of the four most important texts of medieval Spain.
Difficulties in translating this work have made it unavailable in
English except in fragments; now Spanish-language scholars Richard
Terry Mount and Annette Grant Cash have made the entire work
accessible to English readers for the first time. Berceo's miracle
tales use the verse form cuaderna via (fourfold way) of fully
rhymed quatrains -- which Berceo may even have invented -- and are
told in the language of the common man. They were written to be
read aloud, most likely to an audience of pilgrims, and are an
outstanding example of oral religious narrative. The total work
comprises twenty-five miracles, preceded by a renowned Introduction
that celebrates the Virgin in rich symbolic allegory. Mount and
Cash's translation is highly readable, yet it retains the original
meaning and captures Berceo's colloquial style and medieval
nuances. An introduction placing the miracles in their medieval
context and a bibliography complement the text.
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