Title Authority and the female body in the writings of Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe / Liz Herbert McAvoy

Published Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : D.S. Brewer, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 276 pages) Series Studies in medieval mysticism, 1465-5683 ; v. 5 Studies in medieval mysticism ; v. 5. 1465-5683 Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Introduction; 1. Motherhood and Margery Kempe; 2. The Motherhood Matrix in the Writing of Julian of Norwich; 3. Discourses of Prostitution and The Book of Margery Kempe; 4. '3yf thowe be payede, ' quod oure lorde, 'I am payede': Hermeneutics of the Holy Whore in Julian of Norwich; 5. Margery Kempe: Wisdom, Authority and the Female Utterance; 6. Julian of Norwich: Voice of the Wise Woman; AFTERWORD; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX Summary An examination of ways in which the writings of Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe were affected by traditional and contemporary attitudes towards women Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-261) and index Notes Print version record Subject Julian, of Norwich, 1343- -- Knowledge -- Human anatomy Kempe, Margery, approximately 1373- Book of Margery Kempe. SUBJECT Julian, of Norwich, 1343- fast Book of Margery Kempe (Kempe, Margery) fast Subject English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism Mysticism in literature. Christian literature, English (Middle) -- History and criticism English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism Mysticism -- England -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500 Women and literature -- England -- History -- To 1500 Human body in literature. Authority in literature. Women in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. HISTORY -- Medieval. Authority in literature Christian literature, English (Middle) English literature -- Middle English English literature -- Women authors Human anatomy Human body in literature Mysticism in literature Mysticism -- Middle Ages Women and literature Women in literature England Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781846152610 1846152615

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