The N-Town Presentation of Mary in the Temple and the Production of Rhetorical Knowledge.
In this article, I argue that the Virgin Mary's translating, glossing, and reciting of the fifteen Gradual Psalms upon her entrance to the Temple serve as models of the type of rhetorical and interpretive work that the lay audience of the Presentation of Mary is to emulate. Such work entails assiduo...
| Publicado en: | Studies in Philology Vol. 110; no. 1; pp. 1 - 18 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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University of North Carolina Press
Winter2013
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