English Mystics of the Middle Ages Hardback (Cambridge English Prose Texts) - Hardcover

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521327407 ISBN 13: 9780521327404

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1994

Inhaltsangabe

This edition brings together for the first time key writings of medieval English mystics. The texts have been newly edited, and supplemented with notes and a glossary. In addition, extracts from contemporary translations illustrate the reception of European mystical texts in later medieval England.

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Críticas:

"Barry Windeatt's fine anthology of late Middle English mystical writings exemplifies in an almost startling manner what might be designated the central dilemma of modern spiritual scholarship." Christianity and Literature

"The texts are newly edited from the manuscripts and are supplemented with texual and explanatory notes and a glossary, making available some of the best work of the English mystics." Manuscripta

Contraportada:

This edition brings together for the first time key texts representing the writings of the medieval English mystics. The texts are newly edited from the manuscripts, and are supplemented with textual and explanatory notes and a glossary. The book focusses on five major authors, Richard Rolle, Walter Hilton, the anonymous author of The Cloud of Unknowing, Dame Julian of Norwich, and Margery Kempe. Shorter works are presented whole, where possible, and accompanied by extracts from the mystics' longer works; extracts from contemporary translations into English are also included to illustrate the reception of European mystical texts in later medieval England. Overall, this volume makes accessible some of the best work by English contemplatives and visionaries of the Middle Ages.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0521327407
• ISBN 13: 9780521327404
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 324