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Authority and the Female Body in the Writings of Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe

by Liz Herbert Mcavoy

  • Hardback
  • 288 pages
  • Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.8 cm

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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.
Authority and the Female Body in the Writings of Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe and A Companion to Julian of Norwich
A Companion to Julian of NorwichAuthority and the Female Body in the Writings of Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe

  • Author

    Liz Herbert Mcavoy

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Boydell & Brewer Ltd

  • Published

    July 2004

  • Weight

    454g

  • Page Count

    288

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9781843840084

  • ISBN-10

    1843840081

  • Eden Code

    1201207

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