The Third Gender and Aelfric's Lives of Saints
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Richard Rawlinson Center Series
ISBN-10
1580443095
ISBN-13
9781580443098
Publisher
Medieval Institute Publications
Imprint
Medieval Institute Publications
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 31st, 2018
Print length
306 Pages
Weight
612 grams
Dimensions
35.70 x 24.10 x 2.30 cms
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"The Third Gender" considers Ælfric of Eynsham's treatment of gender as he translates Latin monastic saints' Lives for his Anglo-Saxon lay audience.
In The Third Gender, McDanieladdresses the idea of the "third gender" inearly hagiography and Latin treatises onvirginity and then examines Ælfric''streatment of gender in his translations ofLatin monastic Lives for his non-monasticaudiences. She first investigates patristicideas about a "third gender" by describingthis concept within the theoreticalframeworks of monasticism and then turnsto creating a historical and theologicalcultural context within which to locate aninterpretation of Ælfric''s portrayals of maleand female saints.
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