| Authority and the Female Body in the Writings of Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe Contributor(s): McAvoy, Liz Herbert (Author) |
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ISBN: 1843840081 ISBN-13: 9781843840084 Publisher: Boydell & Brewer OUR PRICE: $109.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 2004 Annotation: 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 importance of the female body as a means of explaining their mystical experiences and the insight gained from them; in both writers, the female body is central to their writing, leading to a feminised language through which they achieve authority and create a space in which they can be heard, particularly in the context of their religious and mystical experiences. The three archetypal representations of woman in the middle ages, as mother, as whore and as 'wise woman', are all clearly present in the writings of Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe; in examining the ways in which both writers make use of these female categories, McAvoy establishes the extent of their success in resolving the tension between society's expectations of them and their own lived experiences as women and writers.LIZ HERBERT MCAVOY is Lecturer in Medieval Language and Literature, University of Leicester. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Mysticism - Social Science | Women's Studies - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 820.938 |
| LCCN: 2003023451 |
| Series: Studies in Medieval Mysticism |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.5" W x 9.3" (1.00 lbs) 286 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - British Isles - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
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| Publisher Description: By the middle of the nineteenth century Lowell Mason (1792-1872) was probably the most famous native-born musician in America. Concentrating almost exclusively on vocal music, he built a spectacular reputation as a choir director and teacher. He published many collections of sacred music that sold in unprecedented numbers and made him a household name. In 1837 he traveled to Europe on a little-publicized trip. This was a bold move decades before such trips by American musicians became commonplace, and his diaries from this time are a primary source of information on early nineteenth-century European music. This edition of Mason's 1837 journal has been carefully edited: throughout, Broyles has attempted to reproduce the original manuscript faithfully, making adjustments only where necessary for intelligibility. Appendices include a list names with brief biographies, an itinerary of the tour, and those letters received during the trip that still survive. An introduction completes this unique and highly readable volume. Michael Broyles is Distinguished Professor of Music and Professor of American History Emeritus at Penn State University and Visiting Professor at Florida State University. |