| The Book of Margery Kempe Contributor(s): Kempe, Margery (Author), Staley, Lynn (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0393976394 ISBN-13: 9780393976397 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $26.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2000 Annotation: The text presented here remains as faithful to the original Middle English as possible, without sounding archaic. Kempe's work is accompanied by an introduction, a map of medieval England, a Kempe lexicon, and explanatory annotations. "Contexts" collects primary readings that illuminate The Book of Margery Kempe. Included are excerpts from The Constitutions of Thomas Arundel, Meditations on the Life of Christ, The Shewings of Julian of Norwich, The Book of Saint Bride, and The Life of Marie d'Oignies by Jacques de Vitry. "Criticism" includes nine varied interpretations of the autobiography, written by Clarissa W. Atkinson, Lynn Staley, Karma Lochrie, David Aers, Kathleen Ashley, Gail McMurray Gibson, Sarah Beckwith, Caroline Walker Bynum, and Nicholas Watson. A Selected Bibliography is also included. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Religious |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 00055455 |
| Series: Norton Critical Editions |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.2" W x 8.32" (0.77 lbs) 328 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Kempe's work is accompanied by an introduction, a map of medieval England, a Kempe lexicon, and explanatory annotations. Contexts collects primary readings that illuminate The Book of Margery Kempe. Included are excerpts from The Constitutions of Thomas Arundel, Meditations on the Life of Christ, The Shewings of Julian of Norwich, The Book of Saint Bride, and The Life of Marie d'Oignies by Jacques de Vitry. Criticism includes nine varied interpretations of the autobiography, written by Clarissa W. Atkinson, Lynn Staley, Karma Lochrie, David Aers, Kathleen Ashley, Gail McMurray Gibson, Sarah Beckwith, Caroline Walker Bynum, and Nicholas Watson. A Selected Bibliography is also included. |