{"product_id":"9781442663268","title":"Relics and Writing in Late Medieval England","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRelics and Writing in Late Medieval England\u003c\/em\u003e uncovers a wide-ranging medieval discourse that had an expansive influence on English literary traditions. Drawing from Latin \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eand vernacular hagiography, miracle stories, relic lists, and architectural history, this study demonstrates that, as the shrines of England’s major saints underwent dramatic changes from c. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1100 to c. 1538, relic discourse became important not only in constructing the meaning of objects that were often hidden, but also for canonical authors like Chaucer and Malory in exploring the \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003efunction of metaphor and of dissembling language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobyn Malo argues that relic discourse was employed in order to critique mainstream religious practice, explore the consequences of \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003erhetorical dissimulation, and consider the effect on the socially disadvantaged of lavish expenditure on shrines. The work thus uses the literary study of relics to address issues of clerical and \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003elay cultures, orthodoxy and heterodoxy, and writing and reform.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174746931440,"sku":"9781442663268","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781442663268_p0.jpg?v=1763807501","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781442663268","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}