Legendaries, or hagiographic manuscripts,�have become increasingly well known in recent years through modern editions of individual texts and studies of
particular�manuscripts.�Meanwhile, greatly increased interest in saints' lives�in literary and historical scholarship and the cultural and post-disciplinary turn in literary studies
provide a wealth of new approaches through which to view the South English Legendary.
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The present volume creates a fresh platform for thinking about this richly dynamic work: it draws on the new hagiographic scholarship, attends to textual, socio-cultural, political, and
other issues, reprints a handful of earlier key articles now difficult to obtain, and includes a special section on performance. It will be of interest to all scholars of medieval
literature: academics, teachers, graduate students, and undergraduates.
