This is posted on behalf of Robert Gleave of the University of Bristol,
who is a lecturer of Islamic Studies and is working on an 18th-century
hagiographical text. He writes:
"Can anyone recommend some reading on the move from oral hagiography to
written hagiography? Specifically I am looking for examples of
hagiographers who use predominantly oral sources even though there were
loads of written sources available, i.e., someone who chooses not to use
written sources because he favours orality. 'Is the material found in such
an oral tradition different from that found in the written tradition' is
the question I want to pose. Any period but the later the better. Thanks."
c.a.muessig@bristol
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