The legend of St. Brendan : a comparative study of the Latin and Anglo-Norman versions /

The legend of St. Brendan : a comparative study of the Latin and Anglo-Norman versions /

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Author / Creator:Mackley, J. S. (Jude S.) author
Imprint:Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.
Description:x, 350 pages ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:Northern world, 1569-1462 ; v. 39
Subject:
Brendan, -- Saint, the Voyager, -- approximately 483-577.
Brendan, -- Saint, the Voyager, -- approximately 483-577
Navigatio Sancti Brendani -- Translations.
Navigatio Sancti Brendani.
Translations.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7199258
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Varying Form of Title:Legend of Saint Brendan
ISBN:9789004166622 (hardback : alk. paper)
9004166629 (hardback : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-326) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • The aims of the study
  • Summary of the narratives
  • Methodology
  • A previous study of 'Elements of the fantastic' in the Brendan narrative
  • Other scholarship
  • Chapter 1. St Brendan: the man and the manuscripts
  • Part 1. The authors and manuscripts of the Navigatio and the Anglo-Norman Voyage
  • Introduction
  • The dates, manuscripts and audience of the Navigatio
  • Genres of the two narratives
  • The author, dates, manuscripts and audience of the Anglo-Norman Voyage
  • Part 2. Historical and Literary Sources
  • Before the Voyage
  • Peregrinus and Exile
  • The Voyage of Brendan: an actual journey or fantastic fiction?
  • The Voyage of Brendan and the immrama
  • The Otherworld and other early influences
  • The Voyage Home
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 2. Accepting the fantastic: from the familiar to the fantastic-uncanny
  • Introduction
  • Todorov's model
  • Application of the model
  • Definition of the 'uncanny'
  • The opening scenes of the Brendan narratives
  • Mundane or uncanny?
  • Uncanny-familiar
  • Establishing the coracle as 'familiar'
  • Claustrophobia: the late-coming monks and the confinement of the coracle
  • The Supernumeraries
  • The patterns of the journey
  • The 'pure uncanny'
  • Uncanny silence and spiritual darkness: the Deserted Citadel
  • Religious symbolism and preordination
  • The uncanny
  • Fantastic-uncanny
  • Leading towards the fantastic-uncanny
  • Enormous creatures: the Island of Sheep and Jasconius
  • From the uncanny to the fantastic-uncanny
  • Gradation towards the fantastic
  • The Neutral Angels
  • Sources
  • A respite from the fantastic imagery?
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 3. The marvels of the ocean: from the fantastic-uncanny to the marvellous
  • Introduction
  • The transition from the 'fantastic-uncanny' to the 'pure fantastic' and the monastic ideal
  • The Isle of Ailbe
  • The ascent towards the pure fantastic
  • The pure fantastic: the mysterious provision of food and the flaming arrow
  • The provision of food
  • The flaming arrow and other elements
  • A vital ingredient in the gradation towards the fantastic
  • The negative connotations of water
  • The spring on the Paradise of Birds
  • The springs on the Isle of Ailbe
  • The Intoxicating Spring
  • The Coagulated Sea
  • The significance of these scenes
  • The conflicts of monsters
  • The first conflict
  • The second conflict of monsters
  • The credibility of the conflicts of monsters
  • The rewards of faith-a temporary respite from the fantastic?
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 4. The mirrors of salvation
  • Introduction
  • Todorov's model
  • The three parts of the chapter
  • Part 1. Natural Exotica as supernatural forms
  • The Crystal Pillar
  • A natural phenomenon
  • Fantastic-uncanny
  • Religious symbolism
  • Sources
  • Unlocking the symbolism
  • The Smithy of Hell as a representation of evil
  • A natural phenomenon or a supernatural experience?
  • Religious significance
  • Claustrophobia
  • A safe environment for discussing damnation
  • The significance of the Crystal Pillar and the Smithy of Hell
  • Part 2. Human representations of the diabolical and the divine
  • Judas Iscariot
  • Sources
  • The moral treatment
  • The punishments
  • Christ's mercy
  • Fudas on the 'threshold'
  • The moral
  • Paul the Hermit
  • Source
  • Preparation for Paradise
  • Fantastic imagery
  • The significance of the two meetings
  • Part 3. Achieving Paradise
  • Sources
  • Christian allegory and Celtic mythology
  • Liminality
  • The treatment of the fantastic
  • The return home
  • Conclusion
  • Conclusion
  • Principal differences between the Navigatio and the Anglo-Norman Voyage
  • Todorov and the fantastic
  • Appendix 1. The genealogy of the manuscripts of the Navigatio and the Anglo-Norman Voyage
  • Appendix 2. Translation of the Anglo-Norman Voyage of St Brendan
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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