| Mechthild of Magdeburg: Selections from the Flowing Light of the Godhead Contributor(s): Andersen, Elizabeth A. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1843842971 ISBN-13: 9781843842972 Publisher: Boydell & Brewer OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Mysticism - Religion | History - Literary Criticism | Medieval |
| Dewey: 248.22 |
| Series: Library of Medieval Women |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" (0.47 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Religious Orientation - Christian - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Here is one of the great surprises of German medieval literature. Compiled between c.1250 and c.1282, it is an extraordinary piece of imaginative writing. It integrates visions, auditions, dialogues, prayers, hymns, lyrical love poems, letters, allegories and parables, and draws creatively on features from hagiography, the disputation, the treatise, and magic spells, as the author documents her relationship with God and with her contemporaries. Selections from the text are presented here in translation with introduction and notes. Dr Elizabeth A. Andersen teaches in the School of Modern Languages, Newcastle University |