4. Exemplarity and England in Native Saints’ Li

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. 1. Imitating the Past: Exemplarity and/ as History 1
5. 2. Female Saints’ Lives and the Invention of a Feminine Audience 24
6. 3. Fictions of Feminine Community in Bokenham’s Legendary 50
7. 4. Exemplarity and England in Native Saints’ Li 83
8. 5. Hagiography and Historical Comparison in the Book of Margery Kempe 116
9. 6. Performing the Past: Saints’ Plays and the Second Nun)s Tale 145
10. Afterword 175
11. Notes 181
12. Works Cited 227
13. Index 247
14. Acknowledgments 255