The Medieval Mystical Tradition in England V: Papers read at Dartington Hall, July 1992 (Medieval Mystical Tradition, 5) (Volume 5) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0859913465 ISBN 13: 9780859913461

Publisher: D.S.Brewer, 1992

Synopsis

The proceedings of the fifth meeting include: studies of medieval mystics in continental Europe; clarification of the nature of Bridgettine spirituality through examination of the thinking that governed the practical details of their daily routine and their religous instruction; analyses of the distinctively creative quality of the writings of Julian of Norwich and of the status of visionary autobiography as a literary genre; comparison between modern philosophical understanding and that of a medieval mystic; enquiry as to what books were available and to whom in fourteenth-century Cambridge; radical questioning of the identity of the translator of the text known as Benjamin Minor traditionally ascribed to the author of the Cloud of Unknowing.Contributors: JOHN CLARK, TARJEI PARK, OLIVER DAVIES, VINCENT GILLESPIE, NICHLOLAS WATSON, KATHRYN KERBY FULTON, SASKIA MURK JANSEN, ULLA SANDER OLSEN, VERONICA LAWRENCE, GUNNEL CLEVE, SONYA SIKKA, ROGER ELLIS.

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Varying approaches and methodologies are imaginatively employed to deal with an array of writers, whose works are in diverse ways germane to the study of mysticism in medieval England... valuable collection. YEAR'S WORK IN ENGLISH STUDIES

About this edition

• Publisher: D.S.Brewer
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0859913465
• ISBN 13: 9780859913461
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 229
• Editor: Glasscoe Marion