JOURNAL ARTICLE

Gabriele Giannini (ed.), La vie de sainte Agnès en quatrains de décasyllabes (BNF, fr. 1553 (Collection des anciens auteurs belges 19), Bruxelles, Académie Royale de Belgique, 2022, lxxx + 72 p.

  • Published In: Zeitschrift für Romanische Philologie, 2023, v. 139, n. 4. P. 1275 1 of 3

  • Database: Communication Source 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Burrows, Daron 3 of 3

Abstract

The text is a review of Gabriele Giannini's edition of "La vie de sainte Agnès en quatrains de décasyllabes." The review describes the story of St. Agnes, a tale of a boy who falls in love with her but is rejected. The boy's father punishes Agnes by having her stripped naked and taken to a brothel, but her hair grows to cover her body and an angel protects her. The boy dies but is resurrected by Agnes, and pagans eventually behead her, leading to the establishment of a Christian cult. The review praises Giannini's edition for its thorough analysis of the text's transmission and its linguistic and editorial aspects. The reviewer also provides some minor observations and recommends the edition as a scholarly and fascinating text. [Extracted from the article]

Additional Information

  • Source:Zeitschrift für Romanische Philologie. 2023/12, Vol. 139, Issue 4, p1275
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Literature and Writing
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:0049-8661
  • DOI:10.1515/zrp-2023-0054
  • Accession Number:174846505
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