| Texts of the Passion: Latin Devotional Literature and Medieval Society Subjects: Christian literature Latin (Medieval and modern) -- History and criticism; Devotional literature Latin (Medieval and modern) -- History and criticism; Jesus Christ -- Passion -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages 600-1500; Literature and society -- Eu; In this book Thomas H. Bestul constructs the literary history of the Latin Passion narratives, placing them within their social, cultural, and historical contexts. He examines the ways in which the Passion is narrated and renarrated in devotional treatises, paying particular attention to the modifications and enlargements of the narrative of the Passion as it is presented in the canonical gospels. Thomas H. Bestul is Professor of English at the University of Illlinois, Chicago. |