The Scottish Legendary

This study places the Scottish compilation of saints' legends within the hagiographic landscape of medieval Britain.

Introduction: The Scottish Legendary and narrative art
1. Towards a narrative poetics of medieval saints' lives
2. Teacher and poet: the narrator in the Scottish Legendary
3. Words and deeds: character depiction and direct discourse
4. Putting the saint in perspective: ideology and hagiographic narration
5. Saintly interiority: narrating conscience and consciousness
6. The past, a foreign country: time, space and the Scottishness of the Scottish Legendary
Conclusion: A poetics of hagiographic narration
Appendix: The Scottish Legendary: authorship, dialect, and arrangement
Bibliography
Index