Margery Kempe's Spiritual Medicine - Suffering, Transformation and the Life-Course

The Book of Margery Kempe set in the context of medieval medical discourse.

Sommario

Introduction
1. Bleeding the Tears of Melancholia
2. 'Þe mukke' of Marriage and the Sexual Paradox
3. Lost Blood of the Middle Age: Surrogacy and Fecundity
4. Margery Medica: The Healing Value of Pain Surrogacy
5. The Passion of Death Surrogacy
6. Senescent Reproduction: Writing Anamnestic Pain
Afterword / Afterlife
Select Bibliography
Glossary of Medical Terms

Info autore

LAURA KALAS is Senior Lecturer in Medieval English Literature at Swansea University.

Riassunto

The Book of Margery Kempe set in the context of medieval medical discourse.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Laura Kalas, Laura Kalas-Williams
• Editore: Boydell & Brewer
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9781843845546
• ISBN: 978-1-84384-554-6
• Pagine: 268
• Dimensioni: 156 mm x 234 mm x 16 mm
• Peso: 553 g
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; Geschichte der Medizin, Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, MEDICAL / History, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, Literature - Classics / Criticism, RELIGION / Mysticism