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- Title
The Lithuanian Acta Sanctorum: Unknown Hagiography by Motiejus Valančius.
- Authors
VAICEKAUSKAS, MIKAS
- Abstract
The Samogitian bishop Motiejus Valančius (1801-1875) was a pioneer in the field of hagiographic literature in the Lithuanian language. His two published acta sanctorum stand out for the originality and individuality of their style. In the historiography of Lithuanian literature, these works link early didactic literature and later fiction. His corpus has recently been expanded by newly-discovered manuscripts of hagiographic stories: Žyvatai šventųjų II (The Lives of the Saints II, 1864), Darbai šventųjų (The Works of the Saints, 1874-1875), and a copy of the latter. The texts are interrelated and were affected by the sociopolitical circumstances of the period. They considerably expand the earliest Lithuanian corpus of acta sanctorum, enrich the creative biography of their author, and add new information to the history of Lithuanian literature, especially to the emergence of Lithuanian fiction.
- Subjects
CHRISTIAN hagiography; ACTA Sanctorum (Book); ZYVATAI sventuju (Book); DARBAI sventuju (Book); VALANCIUS, Motiejus, 1801-1875; LITHUANIAN religious literature; CHRISTIAN saints in literature; NINETEENTH century; HISTORY
- Publication
Lituanus, 2013, Vol 59, Issue 4, p5
- ISSN
0024-5089
- Publication type
Article