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The Medieval Mystical Tradition in England – Papers Read at Charney Manor, July 2004 First Edition
Author(s): E.a. Jones (Author)
- Publisher: D. S. Brewer
- Publication Date: 15 Jun. 2004
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 232 pages
- ISBN-10: 1843840073
- ISBN-13: 9781843840077
Book Description
The regular meetings resumed, here with particular focus on Julian of Norwich, and Syon Abbey and the Bridgettines. The latest volume of proceedings in the series initiated by Marion Glasscoe in 1980 shares with its predecessors a concentrated focus on the English mystical authors and the reception of their continental contemporaries in medieval England. At the same time, it bears witness to the range of disciplinary approaches – literary, historical, theological, art historical – which are currently bearing fruit in research on the medieval mystical tradition. Thethirteen papers include new work on Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, the Cloud- author and the thirteenth-century anchoritic texts; texts connected with Syon Abbey and the Bridgettines; and the reception of Ruusbroec, Eckhart and the continental holy women in England. Among the themes explored are the spirituality of the religious orders; gender, class and mystical discourse; the theological precision of mystical language, and the translatio of the continental mystics into English cultural forms. Contributors: DENISE N. BAKER, ALEXANDRA BARRATT, SUSANNAH MARY CHEWNING, MARLEEN CRE, VASLERIE EDDEN, VINCENT GILLESPIE, DAVID GRIFFITH, A.ANNETTE GRISE, ANN M. HUTCHISON, LIZ HERBERT MCAVOY, KARL HEINZ STEINMETZ, ANNIE SUTHERLAND, NAOE KUKITA YOSHIKAWA. Dr E.A. JONES teaches in the Department of English at the University of Exeter.
Editorial Reviews
Review
The series has from the beginning been instrumental in sustaining this field of study. […]All in all, this is a rich collection, one that gives grounds for hope that the next twenty-five years’ worth of volumes will have as much to contribute as have their predecessors. ― JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY
About the Author
E.A. JONES is Professor of English Medieval Literature and Culture in the Department of English at the University of Exeter.
ANNIE SUTHERLAND is Associate Professor, University of Oxford, and Tutorial Fellow in Old and Middle English, Somerville College.
LIZ HERBERT MCAVOY FLSW is Professor Emerita of Medieval Literature at Swansea University and Honorary Senior Research Associate at the University of Bristol.
NAOË KUKITA YOSHIKAWA is Professor Emerita of Medieval English Literature at Shizuoka University, and Research Fellow at the Center for Medieval English Literary Text Studies, Meiji University, Japan.
SUSANNAH MARY CHEWNING is Senior Professor of English, Union County College.
