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Gonzalo de Berceo and the Latin Miracles of the Virgin A Translation and a Study
198 Pages
by
Routledge
198 Pages
by
Routledge
198 Pages
by
Routledge
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In Gonzalo de Berceo and the Latin Miracles of the Virgin, Patricia Timmons and Robert Boenig present the first English translation of a twelfth-century Latin collection of miracles that Berceo, the first named poet in the Spanish language, used as a source for his thirteenth-century Spanish collection Milagros de Nuestra Señora. Using the MS Thott 128, close to the one Berceo must have used,... Read more
Contents: Preface; Part 1 The Latin Miracles: Gonzalo de Berceo's Milagros de Nuestra Señora and his Latin sources; The Latin Miracles and the History of the Virgin Mary; The Latin Miracles and spiritual reading; The style and artistry of the Latin Miracles. Part 2 The Latin Miracles: Translation: The Latin Miracles: translation; Explanatory notes. Part 3 Berceo's Milagros: The life and times of Gonzalo de Berceo and his audiences; The Fornicating Sexton; The Wedding and the Virgin; The Jews of Toledo; The Little Jewish Boy; The Pregnant Abbess. Part 4 The Latin Miracles: The Thott Latin MIracles of the Virgin; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Patricia Timmons is an Instructional Assistant Professor of Spanish at Texas A&M University, USA. Robert Boenig is Professor of English at Texas A&M University, USA.
'Timmons and Boenig have produced a book to be welcomed. Their study is not only long overdue, but will become a crucial point of departure for scholars hoping to shed light on the complex relationship between Berceo's Milagros and its Latin original.' Bulletin of Spanish Studies 'Timmons and Boenig have produced a book that offers something for everyone. ... this book provides an overview of the intersection of literary, religious, and linguistic cultures in twelfth and thirteenth-century Spain, as well as an introduction to the emergence of vernacular literature and devotion in medieval Europe beyond the Iberian Peninsula. It will be a valuable addition to both personal and academic libraries.' Speculum
