Title Approaching medieval English anchoritic and mystical texts / edited by Dee Dyas, Valerie Edden, Roger Ellis

Published Woodbridge, Suffolk, U.K. ; Rochester N.Y. : D.S. Brewer, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 213 pages) : illustrations Series Christianity and culture, 1740-9896 Christianity and culture Contents Anchorites and hermits in historical context / Eddie Jones -- "Wildernesse is anlich lif of ancre wununge" : the wilderness and medieval anchoritic spirituality / Dee Dyas -- The devotional life of the laity in the late Middle Ages / Valerie Edden -- Medieval contemplation and mystical experience / Santha Bhattacharji -- Richard Rolle / Denis Renevey -- Language and its limits : The cloud of unknowing and Pearl / A.C. Spearling -- Walter Hilton / Thomas H. Bestul -- "Be thou, to whom this booke shall come" : Julian of Norwich and her audience, past, present and future / Liz Herbert-McAvoy -- "I use but comownycacyon and good wordys" : teaching and the book of Margery Kempe / Barry Windeatt -- Teaching anchoritic texts : the shock of the old / Alexandra Barratt -- Appendix : The rule of a recluse, from MS Bodley 423 -- Introducing the mystics / R.S. Allen -- Holy fictions : another approach to the Middle English mystics / Roger Ellis -- Women mystics / Ann M. Hutchison -- Contexts for teaching Julian of Norwich / Marion Glasscoe -- Appendix : "Stond wel, moder, under rode." Summary "Essays suggesting new ways of studying the crucial but sometimes difficult range of medieval mystical material"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Christian literature, English (Middle) -- History and criticism Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- England -- History and criticism Mysticism -- England -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500 Hermits -- England Christian literature, English (Middle) -- Study and teaching Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- Study and teaching -- England Mysticism -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500 -- Study and teaching -- England Hermits -- Study and teaching -- England RELIGION -- Mysticism. RELIGION -- Christianity -- History. Christian literature, English (Middle) Christian literature, English (Middle) -- Study and teaching Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) Hermits Mysticism -- Middle Ages Bellettrie. Middelengels. England Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book Author Dyas, Dee Edden, Valerie Ellis, Roger, 1943 May 16- ISBN 9781846153679 1846153670

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