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| A Companion to Middle English Hagiography. Edited by Sarah Salih. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2006. Pp. x + 182. $85. Middle English hagiography is an unwieldy narrative tradition. It encompasses large legendaries, sermon cycles, individual legends in verse and prose, as well as a range of short forms such as lyrics and prayers. Earlier surveys of the genre include Charlotte D'Evelyn's chapter in the Manual of Writings in Middle English and Manfred Görlach's Studies in Middle English Saints' Legends, both of which catalogue the central texts. Sarah Salih's Companion to Middle English Hagiography offers us another kind of introduction, one which approaches the tradition from a range of perspectives and methods; as befits a Companion, it serves as much as an introduction to critical work on saints' lives as it does to the genre itself.
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