Book of Margery Kempe - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1843840103 ISBN 13 : 9781843840107

Editeur : D.S. Brewer, 2006

Synopsis

'The Book of Margery Kempe', the earliest surviving autobiography in English (dated 1436-8), is a unique account of the extraordinary life, travels and revelations of a fifteenth-century Norfolk housewife and mother, pilgrim, prophet and visionary; it is one of the most compelling and significant English texts of the middle ages. This volume presents the original text in accessible form for modern readers, with on-page glossing and a glossary of common words. It is accompanied by on-page annotation of and commentary on the 'Book', bringing together scholarship on Kempe and setting her life in the social, political and spiritual context of her time. An introduction provides information on and context for the further interpretation of the text, and the volume is completed by a chronology of Kempe's life. [This edition previously published by Longman.] Professor BARRY WINDEATT is a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This is the first edition for sixty years, and only the second edition ever published, of the earliest surviving autobiography in English, a unique account of the extraordinary life, travels and revelations of Margery Kempe. For the first time the original text is presented in an accessible form for modern readers, with full on-page glossing and a glossary of common words. The unrivalled on-page annotation provides the first commentary of its kind on the Book, bringing together the insights of scholarship on Kempe since the discovery of the manuscript in 1934. An introduction provides up-to-date information and contexts for interpretation of a text central to courses on women's studies, women's history, and medieval literature. There is also a chronology of Kempe's life, a helpful summary analysis of the chapters, and a full bibliography.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: D.S. Brewer
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1843840103
• ISBN 13: 9781843840107
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 492
• Éditeur: Windeatt Barry A
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• Personne responsable: non disponible