{"product_id":"miracles-of-our-lady-9780813120195","title":"Miracles of Our Lady","description":"\u003cp\u003eMiracle tales, in which people are rewarded for piety or punished for sin through the intervention of the Virgin Mary, were a popular literary form all through the Middle Ages. \u003ci\u003eMilagros de Nuestra Sehora\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of such stories by the Spanish secular priest Gonzalo de Berceo, is a premier example of this genre; it is also regarded as one of the four most important texts of medieval Spain. Difficulties in translating this work have made it unavailable in English except in fragments; now Spanish-language scholars Richard Terry Mount and Annette Grant Cash have made the entire work accessible to English readers for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBerceo's miracle tales use the verse form \u003ci\u003ecuaderna via\u003c\/i\u003e (fourfold way) of fully rhymed quatrains -- which Berceo may even have invented -- and are told in the language of the common man. They were written to be read aloud, most likely to an audience of pilgrims, and are an outstanding example of oral religious narrative. The total work comprises twenty-five miracles, preceded by a renowned Introduction that celebrates the Virgin in rich symbolic allegory. Mount and Cash's translation is highly readable, yet it retains the original meaning and captures Berceo's colloquial style and medieval nuances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn introduction placing the miracles in their medieval context and a bibliography complement the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Terry Mount\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of Spanish at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnnette Grant Cash\u003c\/b\u003e is visiting assistant pro-fessor of Spanish at Georgia State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University Press of Kentucky","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50328720539922,"sku":"9780813120195","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ba9a9d8a-1a40-474b-b1b4-6a553d132216.jpg?v=1727749225","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/miracles-of-our-lady-9780813120195","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}