The Life of Saint Helia: Critical Edition, Translation, Introduction, and Commentary

by Virginia Burrus and Marco Conti

The Life of Saint Helia, a late ancient Latin hagiography of uncertain provenance, is a remarkable and virtually unknown text, of which a critical edition and English translation appear here for the first time, accompanied by an introduction and commentary. Written predominately in dialogue format, the Life records a lengthy and highly polemical debate between a young girl Helia and her mother regarding the relative merits of virginity and marriage,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199672636
• ISBN13: 9780199672639
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"