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New directions in medieval mystical and devotional literature : essays in honor of Denise N. Baker / edited by Amy N. Vines and Lee Templeton.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Devotional literature, English (Middle)--History and criticism.
- Devotional literature, English (Middle).
- Mysticism in literature.
- Religion in literature.
- English literature--Middle English.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (223 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.
- Place of Publication:
- Bethlehem : Lehigh University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- New Directions in Medieval Mystical and Devotional Literature honors the career and scholarship of Denise N. Baker. Contributors include both early career and established scholars, and the collected essays examine a broad range of medieval mystical and religious literature, such as the writings of Julian of Norwich and William Langland.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- "'What is synne?' : exploring Julian of Norwich's question"
- "The coveting of 'muche' instead of 'measure' : the connection between Lady Mede and Nede in the C-Text of Piers Plowman"
- "The 'stalke' and the 'balke' : cherry picking the ethics of reproof in The Canterbury Tales"
- "From 'pore pacient' to 'childische thyng' : versions of the Life of Charity in Piers Plowman C.XV-XVII"
- "Conceiving community : familial trinitarian analogies in Augustine, William Langland, and Julian Norwich"
- "Julian of Norwich and the cloud author : how could they both be 'mystical theologians'?"
- "Beatrice of Nazareth and the desire for death"
- "Julian of Norwich : lives and afterlives"
- "'Heere of myn house perpetuelly a cherche' : imagining perpetuity in Chaucer's Second Nun's Tale"
- "Chaucer and John of Gaunt : finding a way to break into history".
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-61146-404-8
- 1-61146-286-X
- OCLC:
- 1388499123
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