Aldhelm's Fandom: The Humble Virtues of Boniface's Riddles
Aldhelm's Fandom: The Humble Virtues of Boniface's Riddles
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阿尔德赫姆的粉丝圈：博尼法斯谜语的谦逊美德
DOI：
10.1093/res/hgad077
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发表时间：
2023
影响因子：
1.2
通讯作者：
Cavell M
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作者：
Cavell M
圣博尼法斯，八世纪的学者、传教士和最终的殉道者，通常被描述为一个重要的历史人物，但一个糟糕的诗人。部分原因是他的诗直接借用了阿尔德赫尔姆的作品，这很容易让人认为他不具备为自己写作的创造力或能力。在这里，我们试图恢复博尼菲斯关于人格化的美德和罪恶的拉丁谜语集，特别是humilitas Cristiana（“基督徒的谦卑”），Virginitas…耻辱谟（“谦卑的童贞”），Superbia（“骄傲”）和vana gloria iactantia（“虚荣的吹嘘”）。我们通过粉丝研究的视角来审视Boniface的谜题，认为粉丝和同人小说提供了对群体身份形成和礼物赠送的见解，从而重新构建了Boniface对Aldhelm的债务，以及他的整个创意项目。就像一个同人小说作家一样，博尼法斯根据他对阿尔德赫尔姆的《关于贞操》的阅读创造了新的角色，通过他们，他发展了阿尔德赫尔姆关于不要以美德为傲的警告。然而，博尼法斯的谜题主题传达了一种编码信息，只有阿尔德赫尔姆的真正粉丝才能欣赏。与这个粉丝圈的距离导致学术界忽视了一本迷人的诗集，但我们希望弥合这一差距。
St Boniface, the eighth-century scholar, missionary, and eventual martyr, is generally characterized as an important historical figure but a bad poet. In part it is because his verse is so strongly marked by direct borrowings from Aldhelm that it is easy to assume he did not possess the creativity or ability to write for himself. Here, we seek to rehabilitate Boniface’s collection of Latin riddles about the personified Virtues and Vices, engaging especially withHumilitas Cristiana(‘Christian Humility’),Virginitas … humilium(‘Virginity of the Humble’),Superbia(‘Pride’), andVana gloria iactantia(‘Vainglorious Boasting’). We examine Boniface’s riddles through the lens of fan studies, arguing that fandom and fan fiction provide insights into group-identity formation and gift-giving that reframe Boniface’s debt to Aldhelm, as well as his entire creative project. Like a writer of fan fiction, Boniface creates new characters based on his reading of Aldhelm’sDe virginitate(‘Concerning Virginity’) and, through them, he develops Aldhelm’s warning against taking pride in virtue. However, Boniface’s riddle-subjects speak an encoded message that only a true fan of Aldhelm could appreciate. Distance from this fandom has led to scholarly neglect of a fascinating poetic collection, but we hope to bridge the gap.