Julian of Norwich: Revelations of Divine Love and The Motherhood of God (0) (Library of Medieval Women)

Julian of Norwich: Revelations of Divine Love and The Motherhood of God (0) (Library of Medieval Women)

by Frances Beer (Author)

Synopsis

Despite the strange and distant nature of her life and subject-matter, the works of Julian of Norwich remain immediate and compelling. Her Revelationsare recorded in two versions: the short text, or 'first edition', written near the time; and the better-known second version, which is both longer and more complex, completed some twenty years later. The short text, offering personal details edited out in her 'second edition', but which allow a better sense of Julian as a person, is presented here in translation. It includes also those chapters from the long text that describe Julian's doctrine of the Motherhood of God. The volume also contains an introduction, placing Julian in the larger context of the fourteenth-century English mystical tradition, and an Interpretative Essay. FRANCES BEERis Professor of English at York University, Toronto.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 102
Publisher: D.S.Brewer
Published: 20 Jul 2006

ISBN 10: 0859914534
ISBN 13: 9780859914536

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Contributes to the complete picture of Julian of Norwich as an author in that it invites renewed close reading of the Revelation and study of the text in its varied manuscript and textual contexts. REVIEW OF ENGLISH STUDIES