Julian of Norwich's Legacy

Medieval Mysticism and Post-Medieval Reception

217 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Julian of Norwich the best-known of the medieval mystics today. The text of her Revelation has circulated continually since the fifteenth century, but the twentieth century saw a massive expansion of her popularity. Theological or literary-historical studies of Julian may remark in passing on her popularity, but none have attempted a detailed study of her reception. This collection fills that gap: it outlines the full reception history from the extant manuscripts to the present day, looking at Julian in devotional cultures, in modernist poetry and present-day popular literature, and in her iconography in Norwich, both as a pilgrimage site and a tourist attraction.

• Reihe: The New Middle Ages
• Themen: Biographie, Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft Geschichte und Kritik Literaturwissenschaft, allgemein Antike, Klassik, Mittelalter
• ISBN: 9780230606678
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 18.12.2009
• Größe: 22.9 x 15.2 cm
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
• Herausgegeben von: S. Salih, D. Baker