Život svaté Kateřiny – Petrů Eduard (2016)

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A seminal work of Czech hagiographic literature, the verse legend The Life of Saint Catherine, dated to the third quarter of the fourteenth century, is characterized not only by a thoughtful instrumentation of the text, allegorical elements, vivid imagery, and colorful symbolism, but also by an effort to provide psychological motivation for actions and a permeation of the phenomenal and spiritual worlds. The reedited volume allows today's reader to perceive the charming story of spiritual love in its original Old Czech wording, prepared for publication by Eduard Petrů based on the critical edition by Václav Vážný, and simultaneously compare it in a mirrored arrangement with a successful modern translation by Jiří Pelán. Show more