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This collection of essays approaches medieval mysticism from a range of perspectives, including literary, historical, theological and psychological points of view.

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Author:   Marion Glasscoe
Publisher:   Liverpool University Press
Imprint:   University of Exeter Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.40cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 20.90cm
Weight:   0.358kg
ISBN:  

9780859891837

ISBN 10:   0859891836
Pages:   268
Publication Date:   07 July 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Margery Kempe and the Eastern and Western Tradition of the 'perfect fool'. R. Maisonneuve (Oyonnax) The Choices of the Translator in the Late Middle English Period R. Ellis (University College, Cardiff) Henry Suso and the Medieval Mystical Tradition in England R. Lovatt (University of Cambridge) The Sources of The Cloud of Unknowing: A Reconsideration A. Minnis (University of Bristol) The Cloud of Unknowing and Vedanta K. Watson (University College, Cardiff) Augustine, Anselm and Walter Hilton J. Clark (Longframlington Vicarage) Christ the Teacher in Julian's Showings: the Biblical and Patristic Traditions R. Bradley (St Ambrose College, Iowa) Psychotechnological Approaches to the teaching of the Cloud-author and to the Showings of Julian of Norwich D. Rogers (Loras College, Iowa) The Mystical Experience of Julian of Norwich with reference to the Epistle to the Hebrews ch. ix: Semiotic and Psychoanalytic Analysis B. Lorenzo (Orsay) The Dynamics of the Signans in the Spiritual Quest (Piers Plowman, the Mystics and Religious Drama) G. Bourquin (University of Nancy) Mystic's Foot: Rolle and Affectivity V. Gillespie (University of Oxford) The Organization of the Scale of Perfection M. Sargent (University of Salzburg)

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Dr MARION GLASSCOE teaches in the School of English and American Studies at the University of Exeter.

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