Revelations of Divine Love

Zusatztext This edition offers readers of Middle English an informative and accessible critical scholarly version which presents apertures into the editing process. Windeatts editorial approach reveals sensitivity to Julians original language and subject matter, making this an important volume that invites further scholarly engagement with her enduring work. Informationen zum Autor Barry Windeatt is the author of a scholarly original-spelling edition of Julian of Norwich for OUP, forthcoming. He has written widely on medieval English literature and he has translated The Book of Margery Kempe for Penguin (1985) and Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde for Oxford World's Classics (1998). Klappentext Julian of Norwich is one of the subtlest writers and profoundest thinkers of the Middle Ages, and the earliest woman writer in English. Her Revelations describe a loving and merciful God and a positive vision of humanity. This sensitive new translation conveys the poise and serenity of her style, and includes the two versions of her text. Zusammenfassung Julian of Norwich is one of the subtlest writers and profoundest thinkers of the Middle Ages, and the earliest woman writer in English. Her Revelations describe a loving and merciful God and a positive vision of humanity. This sensitive new translation conveys the poise and serenity of her style, and includes the two versions of her text.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Julian of Norwich, Julian of Norwich, Juliana von Norwich
• Mitarbeit: Barry Windeatt (Übersetzung), Windeatt Barry (Übersetzung)
• Verlag: Oxford University Press Trade
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.05.2015
• Thema: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur
• EAN: 9780199641185
• ISBN: 978-0-19-964118-5
• Abmessung (Verpackung): 13 x 19.6 x 1.3 cm
• Serie: World's classics; Oxford World's Classics; World's classics; Oxford World's Classics; World's classics
• Themen: Prose: non-fiction, RELIGION / Spirituality, RELIGION / Christianity / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, RELIGION / Mysticism, Christianity, mysticism, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Christian spirituality & religious experience, Biography and non-fiction prose, Spirituality and religious experience, Christian Mysticism