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TRUTHFULNESS, REALISM, HISTORICITY

In memory of my Grandmother

Barbara Ternent Hurst (1913–2009)

Truthfulness, Realism, Historicity

A Study in Late Antique Spiritual Literature

PETER TURNER

First published 2012 by Ashgate Publishing

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

Turner, Peter.

Truthfulness, realism, historicity : a study in late antique spiritual literature.

1. Religious literature – History and criticism. 2. Literature, Ancient – History and

criticism. 3. Literature and society – History – To 1500. 4. Spiritual life – Early works

to 1800. 5. Spiritual biography – Early works to 1800. 6. Hagiography – History –

To 1500. 7. Realism in literature.

I. Title

809.9’3382’09015–dc23

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Turner, Peter.

Truthfulness, realism, historicity : a study in late antique spiritual literature /

Peter Turner.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.

ISBN 978–0–7546–6954–8 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Christian literature, Early –

Greek authors – History and criticism. I. Title.

BR67.T87 2012

2011051253

270.2–dc23

ISBN 9780754669548 (hbk)

ISBN 9781315549590 (ebk)