| Description |
1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Knowledge communities ; 3
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Knowledge communities (Amsterdam, Netherlands) ; 3.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-289, filmography (pages 289-291), and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Ecstatic cinema, cinematic ecstasy -- Play/pause/rewind : temporalities in flux -- Caress of the divine gaze -- Xtian factor, or How to manufacture a medieval saint -- My avatar, my soul : when mystics log on -- Conclusion : The living Veronicas of Liège. |
| Summary |
The thirteenth-century Latin hagiographic works known as the "Holy Women of Liège" corpus presents biographies filled with dramatic visions of God and intense physical unions with Christ. The texts that make up the collection demonstrate the problematic division of body and soul in the period and also reveal the potential of text to transmit visual experiences. This book explores those qualities of the texts using the latest developments in film theory, taking up such topics as the relationship of film to mortality, embodied spectatorship, celebrity studies, and digital environments |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Subject |
Saints in motion pictures.
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Saints in motion pictures. |
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Middle Ages in motion pictures.
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Middle Ages in motion pictures. |
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Hagiography.
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Hagiography. |
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Motion pictures -- History -- 20th century.
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Motion pictures. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- History -- 21st century.
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| Chronological Term |
21st century |
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1900-2099 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Spencer-Hall, Alicia. Medieval saints and modern screens. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2018] 9789462982277 (OCoLC)979567940 |
| ISBN |
9789048532179 (electronic book) |
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9048532175 (electronic book) |
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9789048551293 (online) |
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9048551293 |
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9789462982277 |
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9462982279 |
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