Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Notes; Part 1 PART I; Section 01 1 Narration and narratorial control: the masculine voice; Section 01-01-01 Mirk’s Festial; Section 01-01-02 The Life of St Katherine of Alexandria; Section 01-01-03 Early South-English Legendary; Section 01-01-04 Legendys of Hooly Wummen; Section 01-01-05 The Golden Legend; Section 01-01-06 The Canterbury Tales; Section 01-01-07 Saint Cecilia: a fissured text; Section 01-01-08 Notes; Part 2 PART II; Section 02 2 A concept of space and a notion of identity; Section 02-01-01 Psychological space; Section 02-01-02 Physical space; Section 02-01-03 St Katherine; Section 02-01-04 Maternity, paternity, and kinship; Section 02-01-05 Notes; Section 03 3 Articulating an identity: speech, silence, and self-disclosure; Section 03-01-01 Speech and silence; Section 03-01-02 Patient control: a mimesis; Section 03-01-03 St Katherine; Section 03-01-04 Other voices: tears, melody, and angels; Section 03-01-05 Notes; Section 04 4 Written on the body; Section 04-01-01 Imitatio Christi: the site of the abject; Section 04-01-02 Torture and violence: the rhythm of blood; Section 04-01-03 Notes; Conclusion: song of the saint; Notes; Bibliography; Index;