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hagiographyLiterature describing the lives of the saints. Christian hagiography includes stories of saintly monks, bishops, princes, and virgins, with accounts of their martyrdom and of the miracles connected with their relics, tombs, icons, or statues. Written as early as the 2nd century and popular during the Middle Ages, hagiographies focus on lives of individual saints or on stories of a class of saints (e.g., martyrs). hagiography 1. the writing of the lives of the saints 2. biography of the saints 3. any biography that idealizes or idolizes its subject Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | For one, they take on the hagiography accorded the Tylenol crisis of 1982, which is almost always cited as the best example of corporate damage control in modern history. Following this are articles addressing madness and hagiography in Hamlet and staging suffering in King Lear and the mystery plays, along with three pieces that take up historical and theoretical issues relating to the actor's body, foreign tongues, and stage curtains. JSA An elegant handbook of hagiography, the Mornins' compendium allies a brief biography of 137 saints with sculpture, painting and fresco, marble and stone relief, stained glass, woodcut, plaster, prayer card, and mosaic images rich in symbol and period detail. |
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