| Revelations of Divine Love Revised Edition Contributor(s): Julian of Norwich (Author), Spearing, Elizabeth (Translator), Spearing, A. C. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0140446737 ISBN-13: 9780140446739 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1999 Annotation: Coming from a society where women were barred from serious writing and teaching, Julian, an anchoress in the great medieval city of Norwich, nevertheless used the English vernacular of the day to describe an extraordinary series of "showings" that she received from God. Through her experiences, she identifies the female nature of Christ's suffering, the motherhood of God, and, using images from domestic daily life, emphasizes the homeliness of God's love. This new translation from the Middle English, which includes both the long and the short versions of her Revelations, preserves all the directness of expression and the rich complexity of her thoughts, offering a work that stands alongside The Cloud of Unknowing and Langland's Piers Plowman. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - Literature & The Arts - Religion | Christianity - History - Religion | Devotional |
| Dewey: 242 |
| LCCN: 99199183 |
| Series: Penguin Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.08" W x 7.82" (0.41 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Classic - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - British Isles - Religious Orientation - Catholic - Religious Orientation - Christian - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
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| Publisher Description: One of the first woman authors, Julian of Norwich produced in Revelations of Divine Love a remarkable work of revelatory insight, that stands alongside The Cloud of Unknowing and Piers Plowman as a classic of Medieval religious literature After fervently praying for a greater understanding of Christ's passion, Julian of Norwich, a fourteenth-century anchorite and mystic, experienced a series of divine revelations. Through these 'showings', Christ's sufferings were revealed to her with extraordinary intensity, but she also received assurance of God's unwavering love for man and his infinite capacity for forgiveness. Written in a vigorous English vernacular, the Revelations are one of the most original works of medieval mysticism and have had a lasting influence on Christian thought. This edition of the Revelations contains both the short text, which is mainly an account of the 'showings' themselves and Julian's initial interpretation of their meaning, and the long text, completed some twenty years later, which moves from vision to a daringly speculative theology. Elizabeth Spearing's translation preserves Julian's directness of expression and the rich complexity of her thought. An introduction, notes and appendices help to place the works in context for modern readers. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |