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The Mystic As Pilgrim: Margery Kempe And The Tradition Of Nonfictional Travel Narrative, James P. Helfers
The Mystic As Pilgrim: Margery Kempe And The Tradition Of Nonfictional Travel Narrative, James P. Helfers
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Margery Kempe, fifteenth-century pilgrim and female mystic, stirred up controversy in her own day and continues to do so in the present. This controversy, then and now, centers on both Margery's spiritual life and its social expression. While she was alive, her contemporaries disagreed over the validity of her mystical experience and the way that experience manifested itself; now this conflict continues in contemporary critical debates over the nature of her literary and spiritual significance. The Book of Margery Kempe has heretofore been analyzed as autobiography, mystical treatise, devotional manual, and feminist tract. Clarissa Atkinson, for instance, sees the book …
Review Essay: Allen, Hope Emily, Ed., English Writings Of Richard Rolle, Hermit Of Hampole, Gary D. Schmidt
Review Essay: Allen, Hope Emily, Ed., English Writings Of Richard Rolle, Hermit Of Hampole, Gary D. Schmidt
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Allen, Hope Emily, ed., English Writings of Richard Rolle, Hermit of Hampole, Alan Sutton, 1988, lxiv, 180 pp., $18.00