Friday, March 29, 2013
Congratulations
to
Delbert
W.
Russell,
Distinguished
Professor
Emeritus
and
adjunct
professor
in
the
Department
of
French
Studies,
who
published
a
translation
and
critical
edition
earlier
this
year
titled
"Verse
Saints'
Lives.
Written
in
the
French
of
England."
This
volume
presents
the
first
full
translations
of
four
saints'
lives
composed
in
England:
Simund
de
Freine’s
pre-dragon
Saint
George,
Guillaume
de
Berneville’s
Saint
Giles
(the
abbot
to
whom
Charlemagne
confessed
his
secret
sin);
Simon
of
Walsingham’s
Saint
Faith(child
virgin
martyr
and
subject
of
a
famous
relic-theft);
Saint
Mary
Magdalene,
often
a
repentant
prostitute
but
a
guardian
of
fecundity
for
lay
nobility
in
Guillaume
Le
Clerc’s
version.
Substantial
introductions,
notes,
and
passages
of
original
text,
with
detailed
analysis
and
discussion
accompany
each
life.
This
volume
is
designed
for
use
in
graduate
and
advanced
undergraduate
courses
in
medieval
history,
literature,
religious
studies,
and
visual
arts.