Revelations of divine love : the short text and the long text / Julian, of Norwich ; edited by Barry Windeatt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Julian, of Norwich, 1343- author.

Contributor:

Windeatt, B. A. (Barry A.), 1950- editor.

Language:

English

English, Middle (1100-1500)

Subjects (All):

Julian, of Norwich, 1343- Revelations of divine love.

Julian.

Devotional literature, English (Middle).

Private revelations--Early works to 1800.

Private revelations.

Mysticism--England--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500--Sources.

Mysticism.

Julian, of Norwich, 1343-.

Teachings.

History.

England.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

lxviii, 376 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

Texts in Middle English with introduction and commentary in modern English.

Summary:

Julian of Norwich (1342-c.1416) is the earliest author writing in English who can be identified as a woman. She is also esteemed as one of the subtlest writers and profoundest thinkers of the period for her account of the revelations that she experienced in 1373. This edition presents both the shorter and longer versions of her book about her revelations, setting them in parallel for ease of comparison, with comprehensive explanatory and textual commentaries, and also with a glossary. Barry Windeatt provides a text that is likely to be closest to Julian's own language. A substantial introduction provides up-to-date information about Julian's circumstances, Julian's Norwich, her revelations, the relationship between her two texts, the theological background to her principal themes (including Christ as our mother), and a survey of the reception history of her work up to the present. A textual introduction and full apparatus guide the reader through the complex textual issues behind Julian's writing.

Contents:

Introduction

The short text

The long text

Westminster Cathedral Treasury MS4: selections from Julian's Revelations

Commentary.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 348-363) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780198112068

0198112068

OCLC:

960900880

Publisher Number:

99969742865