Authority and the female body in the writings of Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe /

Authority and the female body in the writings of Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe /

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The writings of Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe show an awareness of traditional and contemporary attitudes towards women, in particular medieval attitudes towards the female body. This study examines the extent to which they make use of such attitudes in their writing, and investigates the impo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Herbert McAvoy, Liz (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Suffolk : Boydell & Brewer, 2004.
Subjects:
Julian, > of Norwich, > 1343- > Knowledge > Human anatomy.
Kempe, Margery, > approximately 1373- > Book of Margery Kempe.
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.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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. '[actual symbol not reproducible]yf thowe be payede, ' quod our 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.

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