Encountering The Book of Margery Kempe

Encountering The Book of Margery Kempe
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Publisher : Manchester University Press
Total Pages : 182
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ISBN-10 : 9781526146601
ISBN-13 : 1526146606
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Book Synopsis Encountering The Book of Margery Kempe by : Laura Kalas

Download or read book Encountering The Book of Margery Kempe written by Laura Kalas and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative critical volume brings the study of Margery Kempe into the twenty-first century. Structured around four categories of ‘encounter’ – textual, internal, external and performative – the volume offers a capacious exploration of The Book of Margery Kempe, characterised by multiple complementary and dissonant approaches. It employs a multiplicity of scholarly and critical lenses, including the intertextual history of medieval women’s literary culture, medical humanities, history of science, digital humanities, literary criticism, oral history, the global Middle Ages, archival research and creative re-imagining. Revealing several new discoveries about Margery Kempe and her Book in its global contexts, and offering multiple ways of reading the Book in the modern world, it will be an essential companion for years to come.


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