| Familial Discourses in The Book of Margery Kempe: Blyssed be the wombe that the bar and the tetys that yaf the sowkyn Contributor(s): Rohrhofer, Raphaela (Author) |
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ISBN: 363164180X ISBN-13: 9783631641804 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $59.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | English As A Second Language - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - History |
| Dewey: 248.22 |
| Series: Europaeische Hochschulschriften / European University Studie |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.48 lbs) 175 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Book of Margery Kempe (ca. 1438) offers an illuminating account of late medieval female spirituality, affective devotion and subversion. This study approaches Margery Kempe's roles in her earthly, heavenly and spiritual families from an interdisciplinary perspective. It details the tension between the domestic and spiritual life of the eccentric visionary and examines the intense agony and ecstatic pleasure imposed on her by the divine. Extensive research is devoted to late medieval female mysticism and the complex question of authorship and genre of The Book of Margery Kempe. In addition to a meticulous textual analysis, contemporary socio-religious, historical, medical and legal sources yield profound insights into the emotional and spiritual climate of the late Middle Ages. |