Encountering the Book of Margery Kempe

This critical volume explores Margery Kempe's Book of Margery Kempe through four categories of encounter: textual, internal, external, and performative, employing a range of scholarly and critical lenses to reveal new discoveries about her and her book in global contexts. It will be an essential companion for years to come.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 328 pages
\n Publication date: 30 November 2021
\n Publisher: Manchester University Press
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This groundbreaking critical volume revolutionizes the study of Margery Kempe, bringing it into the twenty-first century. Organized around four categories of "encounter" - textual, internal, external, and performative - the volume provides a vast exploration of The Book of Margery Kempe, characterized by a multitude of complementary and conflicting approaches. It employs a diverse range of scholarly and critical lenses, including 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. By unveiling numerous new insights into Margery Kempe and her Book in global contexts, and offering multiple ways of reading the Book in the modern world, this essential companion will remain a valuable resource for years to come.

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Dimension: 216 x 138 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781526146618\n \n