※　聖カタリナ伝承の多言語的展開とスペイン語資料の全貌を示す決定版アンソロジー　※

本書はアレクサンドリアの聖カタリナ伝説のスペイン語資料を、中世から近代に至る多様な語りの形態とともに体系的に提示する研究書です。聖人伝文学の成立と展開を概説する総論に始まり、写本サントラーレス、16 世紀印刷物、アルバロ・デ・ルナの女性列伝、テレサ・デ・ヘススやロペ・デ・ベガ、ソル・フアナら著名作家の詩篇、さらにイエズス会悲喜劇や 20 世紀散文作品に至るまで、スペイン語圏における聖カタリナ物語の多層的受容を精密に跡づけます。各テキストの文脈・特徴・語彙を明らかにする注解と、物語の批判的研究史を整理した章、読解を助ける語彙集を備え、聖人伝研究・中世文学研究に不可欠の基礎資料として高い価値を持ちます。

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イベリア半島（スペイン）／中世〜近代初期／聖人伝文学研究・中世スペイン文学研究・宗教文化史研究を対象とし、聖人伝の伝播・写本伝承・文学的受容を研究する文学研究者・宗教史研究者・文化史研究者を対象としています。
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Description:
The legend of St. Catherine of Alexandria was enormously popular in Europe during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and her story was told many times in verse and prose narratives in several languages, and in painting and sculpture. Spanish redactions of her story are numerous and varied but have received much less attention than those in other languages. They appear in santorales but also in independent versions, some by well-known authors. In Spain, the transmission of the story begins in the late Middle Ages and extends to the twentieth century.

The Preface describes the adventure of collecting a representative sample of St. Catherine narratives, and the General Introduction explores the genre of hagiography and traces the development of the story from its origins to its manifestations in several languages in medieval Europe. An example of the category of hagiographic narrative known as the virgin martyr story, St. Catherine’s has elements common to the other legends, but features several that are distinctive.

An Anthology of Texts presents reading editions of prose versions of the St. Catherine story from santorales and early printed editions; a chapter of a catalogue of illustrious women by Alvaro de Luna; two anonymous romances; poems by Teresa de Jesus, Lope de Vega, and Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz; excerpts from a lengthy prose life; one scene from each of the fi ve acts of a beautiful Jesuit tragicomedia; and a cuadro religioso of Emilia Pardo Bazan. The final section, Reading the St. Catherine Story, is a survey of extensive critical treatment of the legend. A Glossary provides modern Spanish equivalents of words that may puzzle those who are unaccustomed to reading medieval texts.

The various Spanish retellings of the legend of St. Catherine of Alexandria have diff erent emphases, and some feature elements that appear to be unique. In all of them, the story is colorful, dramatic, and compelling and has appeal for diverse audiences.