A companion to Marguerite Porete and the mirror of simple souls / edited by Wendy R. Terry, Robert Stauffer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Porete, Marguerite, approximately 1250-1310.

Contributor:

Terry, Wendy Rachele, editor.

Stauffer, Robert, editor.

Series:

Brill's companions to the Christian tradition ; Volume 77.

Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition, 1871-6377 ; Volume 77

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Contemplation--Early works to 1800.

Contemplation.

Spiritual life--Christianity--Early works to 1800.

Spiritual life.

Porete, Marguerite, approximately 1250-1310. Miroir des simples âmes.

Porete, Marguerite.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (383 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill, 2017.

Summary:

Even with growing popularity in the United States, there existed no English-language scholarly introduction to Marguerite Porete or her sole-surviving work Mirror of Simple Souls until now. The study of Marguerite and her work touches on so many disciplines – from religious and secular histories to theological and literary readings of her book – that the scholarship had often been lost in the divides between the disciplines. Our contributors are chosen from both sides of the Atlantic and from an array of disciplines in order to bridge this geographical and linguistic divide. The interdisciplinary nature of the interest in Marguerite and the Mirror and the implications her book has on medieval scholarship make a collection such as this companion ideal. Contributors are Marleen Cré, Imke De Gier, Dávid Falvay, Sean Field, Geneviève Hasenohr (with Zan Kocher), Jonathan Juilfs, Zan Kocher, Joanne Robinson, Elizabeth Scarborough, Robert Stauffer, Wendy R. Terry, and Justine Trombley.

Contents:

Introduction / Wendy R. Terry

Marguerite Porete and the Writing of the Mirror

Debating the Historical Marguerite Porete* / Sean L. Field

Marguerite’s Mystical Annihilation / Joanne Maguire Robinson

A Review of Possible Theological Sources for Marguerite Porete’s Mirror / Wendy R. Terry

Literary Sources of The Mirror of Simple Souls / Zan Kocher

“Ce livre monstrera a tous vraye lumiere de verité.” The Role of The Mirror of Simple Souls as a Book* / Imke de Gier

Translations and Transmission of the Mirror

The Tradition of The Mirror of Simple Souls in the Fifteenth Century: From Marguerite Porete (†1310) to Marguerite of Navarre (†1549) / Geneviève Hasenohr, translated by Zan Kocher

The Latin Manuscripts of The Mirror of Simple Souls* / Justine L. Trombley

The Italian Version of the Mirror: Manuscripts, Diffusion and Communities in the 14–15th Century* / Dávid Falvay

Further Thoughts on m.n.’s Middle English Translation of Marguerite’s Mirouer des simples âmes anienties / Marleen Cré

Possibilities for the Identity of the English Translator of The Mirror of Simple Souls / Robert Stauffer

Modern Scholarship: Looking Forward, Looking Back

Critical Approaches to Marguerite Porete / Elizabeth Scarborough

Mirrors on the Wall: Which One is Fairest of Them All? / Jonathan H. Juilfs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-33856-X

OCLC:

974912759