Medieval Saints and Modern Screens: Divine Visions as Cinematic Experience

✍ Scribed by Alicia Spencer-Hall

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Year: 2017
Tongue: English
Leaves: 304
Series: Knowledge Communities; 3
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

By examining medieval female saints' lives in dialogue with modern film theories, a trans-historical spectrum of visual experience is revealed: medieval saint and modern moviegoer are connected in the visual act.

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