Walsingham and the English Imagination

by Gary Waller

Drawing on history, art history, literary criticism and theory, gender studies, theology and psychoanalysis, this interdisciplinary study analyzes the cultural significance of the Shrine of our Lady of Walsingham, medieval England's most significant pilgrimage site devoted to the Virgin Mary, which was revived in the twentieth century, and in 2006 voted Britain's favorite religious site. Covering Walsingham's origins, destruction, and transformations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1409405095
• ISBN13: 9781409405092
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"