Richard Rolle: The English Writings (CLASSICS OF WESTERN SPIRITUALITY) (English and Middle English Edition)

Rolle, Richard, of Hampole

ISBN 10: 0809104016 / ISBN 13: 9780809104017

Published by Paulist Pr, 1988

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Richard Rolle: The English Writings (CLASSICS OF WESTERN SPIRITUALITY) (English and Middle English Edition)
• Publisher: Paulist Pr
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0809104016
• ISBN 13: 9780809104017
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

This important volume is a modern English translation of Richard Rolle's English writings. Much of the translation is based on Hope Emily Allen's Middle English edition of 1931. It is supplemented by more complete versions of the English Psalter and the Meditations on the Passion.

It aims at a presentation of Rolle in today's language, and for readers with a modern approach to spirituality who are interested in the religious aims and idioms of the past. The book also seeks to convey some of Rolle's religious fervor, and above all the measured cadence of his prose style, placing him within the context of the ideas and language of his own age.

About the Author

Rosamund Allen has taught in the University of London since 1965, at Bedford and Westfield Colleges, and now in the School of English and Drama, Queen Mary.