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Promised bodies: time, language, and corporeality in medieval women's mystical texts

By Patricia , Dailey

Book information

Publisher
Columbia University Press
ISBN
9780231535526, 9780231161206, 023153552X
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
17 MB (17331921 bytes)
Series
Gender theory and religion
Pages
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Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
600-1500;Christian literature -- Women authors --600-1500;Mysticism--Middle Ages;Women mystics;CritChristian literature--Women authors--History and cetc.;History;Mysticism -- History -- Middle Agesinterpretation

Description

In Christianity, the body is a potentially transformative vehicle, and the writings of Hadewijch of Brabant, a 13th-century beguine, engage with this tradition in ways both singular to her mysticism and indicative of her theological milieu. This study links the embodied poetics of Hadewijch's visions and letters to the work of such mystics and visionaries as Julian of Norwich, Hildegard of Bingen, and Marguerite of Oingt. It introduces new criteria for re-assessing the style, language, interpretative practices, forms of literacy, and uses of textuality in women's mystical texts.

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