Body and Soul: Essays on Medieval Women and Mysticism

by Elizabeth Alvilda Petroff

Book Overview

Opening a window onto a long-neglected world of women's experience, this text features eleven essays that examine the writings of medieval women mystics from England, France, Germany, Italy, and the Low Countries, providing close readings of a number of important texts from the viewpoint of different literary theories. Surveying various styles of hagiographical writing, the author offers ground-breaking scholarship on a broad range of topics such...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195084551
• ISBN13: 9780195084559
• Release Date: April 1994
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"