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