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1 online resource (xxi, 341 pages) |
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Garland reference library of the humanities ; volume 2034. Garland medieval casebooks ; v. 21 |
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Garland reference library of the humanities ; v. 2034.
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Garland reference library of the humanities. Garland medieval casebooks ; v. 21.
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| Contents |
Likeness of God and the restoration of humanity in Julian of Norwich's Showings / Sandra J. McEntire -- Image of God : contrasting configurations in Julian of Norwich's Showings and Walter Hilton's Scale of perfection / Denise N. Baker -- Trinitarian hermeneutic in Julian of Norwich's Revelation of love / Nicholas Watson -- St. Cecilia and St. John of Beverly : Julian of Norwich's early model and late affirmation / Susan K. Hagen -- Genre approach to Julian of Norwich's epistemology / Brad Peters -- Point of coincidence : rhetoric and the apophatic in Julian of Norwich's Showings / Cynthea Masson -- "I wolde for thy loue dye" : Julian, romance discourse, and the masculine / Jay Ruud -- Julian's diabology / David F. Tinsley -- "In the lowest part of our need" : Julian and medieval gynecological writing / Alexandra Barratt -- Question of audience : the Westminster text and fifteenth-century reception of Julian of Norwich / Hugh Kempster -- Leaving the womb of Christ : love, doomsday, and space/time in Julian of Norwich and Eastern Orthodox mysticism / Brant Pelphrey |
| Summary |
These essays-written specifically for this book-provide a rich evaluation of this late 14th and early 15th-century mystical writer's book of revelations and considers the construction of her narrative, its theological complexity, and its literary and intellectual context. This casebook features discussions by both established scholars and newer voices ranging from genre to eschatology and gynecology to diabology, reflecting both current and comparative theory. Providing translations of all Middle English quotations, the volume includes a selective bibliography that provides a guide for further |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-338) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Julian, of Norwich, 1343-
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Julian, of Norwich, 1343- |
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RELIGION -- Christian Life -- General.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
McEntire, Sandra J
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| ISBN |
9781135635183 |
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1135635188 |
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1299870694 |
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9781299870697 |
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9781315051550 |
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1315051559 |
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