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Note publique d'information : This book explores representations of saints in a variety of Latin and Greek late
antique hagiographical narratives, such as saints? Lives, martyr acts, miracle collections,
and edifying tales. The book examines techniques through which the saints featured
in such texts are depicted as heroes and heroines, i.e., as extraordinary characters
exhibiting both exemplary behaviour and a set of specific qualities that distinguish
them from others. The book inscribes itself in a growing body of relatively recent
scholarship that approaches hagiographical accounts not just as historical sources
but also as narrative constructions. As such, it contributes to the development of
a scholarly rationale which increasingly values imaginative and fictional aspects
of hagiography in their own right, with the aim of answering broader questions about
narrative creativity and ideology. For instance, individual chapters examine how hagiographical
accounts mobilize and capitalize on earlier literary and rhetorical traditions or
narrative models. These questions are specifically addressed to explore the narrative
construction of characters. The chapters thereby encourage us to acknowledge that
many hagiographers were more skilful than is often accepted
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