
From Verse to Prose
The Barlaam and Josaphat Legend in Fifteenth-Century Germany
Salvatore Colomino(Author)
Scripta Humanistica (Publisher)
Published on 18. June 2015
Book
Hardback
230 pages
978-0-916379-68-1 (ISBN)
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.
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Language
English
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
461 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-916379-68-1 (9780916379681)
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