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OverviewThis title examines the phenomenon of St. Wilgefortis froman art historical perspective. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ilse E. FriesenPublisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press Imprint: Wilfrid Laurier University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.510kg ISBN: 9780889203655ISBN 10: 0889203652 Pages: 181 Publication Date: 30 May 2001 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Awaiting stock  Table of ContentsReviews``Friesen is to be applauded for her efforts to bring Saint Wilgefortis back into the public arena--quite literally in some cases, for the author includes some charming anecdotes of her rediscoveries of supposedly lost and deliberately hidden images of the saint.'' -- Samantha J.E. Riches, Religion and the Arts -- 200512 ``Despite the potentially sensational nature of the subject matter, Friesen adopts a matter-of-fact tone in her praise-worthy attempt to chart the long and rather confusing history of an unusual cult....[A] useful addition to the scholarship of hagiography, providing a number of unedited Germanic works and updating the 1934 study of Schnurer and Ritz, unavailable in Canadian libraries.'' -- Gwendolyn Trottein, Bishop's University, RACAR -- 200502 Friesen is to be applauded for her efforts to bring Saint Wilgefortis back into the public arena--quite literally in some cases, for the author includes some charming anecdotes of her rediscoveries of supposedly lost and deliberately hidden images of the saint.''--Samantha J.E. Riches Despite the potentially sensational nature of the subject matter, Friesen adopts a matter-of-fact tone in her praise-worthy attempt to chart the long and rather confusing history of an unusual cult....[A] useful addition to the scholarship of hagiography, providing a number of unedited Germanic works and updating the 1934 study of Schnurer and Ritz, unavailable in Canadian libraries.''--Gwendolyn Trottein, Bishop's University Friesen is to be applauded for her efforts to bring Saint Wilgefortis back into the public arena--quite literally in some cases, for the author includes some charming anecdotes of her rediscoveries of supposedly lost and deliberately hidden images of the saint.''--Samantha J.E. Riches Author InformationIlse E. Friesen has been a professor of art history and coordinator of Fine Arts at Wilfrid Laurier University since 1988. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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