UID:
almafu_9960117060602883
Format:
1 online resource (viii, 276 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-281-94976-0
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9786611949761
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1-84615-261-5
Series Statement:
Studies in medieval mysticism, v. 5
Content:
The writings of Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe show an awareness of traditional and contemporary attitudes towards women, in particular medieval attitudes towards the female body. This study examines the extent to which they make use of such attitudes in their writing, and investigates the importance of the female body as a means of explaining their mystical experiences and the insight gained from them; in both writers, the female body is central to their writing, leading to a feminised language through which they achieve authority and create a space in which they can be heard, particularly in the context of their religious and mystical experiences. The three archetypal representations of woman in the middle ages, as mother, as whore and as 'wise woman', are all clearly present in the writings of Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe; in examining the ways in which both writers make use of these female categories, McAvoy establishes the extent of their success in resolving the tension between society's expectations of them and their own lived experiences as women and writers. LIZ HERBERT MCAVOY is Lecturer in Medieval Language and Literature, University of Leicester.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
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Motherhood and Margery Kempe --
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The motherhood matrix in the writing of Julian of Norwich --
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Discourses of prostitution and The Book of Margery Kempe --
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'[actual symbol not reproducible]yf thowe be payede, ' quod our lorde, 'I am payede' : hermeneutics of the holy whore in Julian of Norwich --
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Margery Kempe : wisdom, authority and the female utterance --
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Julian of Norwich : voice of the wise woman.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-84384-008-1
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
DOI:
10.1515/9781846152610
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