The Medieval Mystical Tradition in England V: Papers read at Dartington Hall, July 1992

by Marion Glasscoe

Overview

Twelve papers focus on mysticism as an experience and on the work of individual mystics.

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, MAGGIE ROSS, NICHOLAS WATSON, KATHRYN KERBY FULTON, SASKIA MURK JANSEN, ULLA SANDER OLSEN, VERONICA LAWRENCE, GUNNEL CLEVE, SONYA SIKKA, ROGER ELLIS.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780859913461
Publisher:	BOYDELL & BREWER INC
Publication date:	07/31/1992
Series:	ISSN , #5
Pages:	229
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x (d)

Editorial Reviews

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

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

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