Flesh made word :saints' stories and the Western imagination /Aviad Kleinberg ; translated by Jane Marie Todd.
Description
Sanctity -- The beginnings -- On the way to heaven : Perpetua's passion -- The ascetics -- Antony, the first hermit -- The ascetic pendulum -- Paul, an ascetic in paradise -- Suspended between heaven and earth : Simeon stylites -- Saints' stories and the rise of a popular literature -- Francis of Assisi, a joyful ascetic -- Fra Ginepro, the holy fool -- The golden legend.
xii, 340 p. ;25 cm.