Julian of Norwich's Legacy [electronic resource] : Medieval Mysticism and Post-Medieval Reception /
New Chaucer Society Congress(2006 :New York, N.Y.)
Salih, S.editor.
Baker, D.editor.
Julian of Norwich the best-known of the medieval mystics today. The text of her Revelation has circulated continually since the fifteenth century, but the twentieth century saw a massive expansion of her popularity. Theological or literary-historical studies of Julian may remark in passing on her popularity, but none have attempted a detailed study of her reception. This collection fills that gap: it outlines the full reception history from the extant manuscripts to the present day, looking at Julian in devotional cultures, in modernist poetry and present-day popular literature, and in her iconography in Norwich, both as a pilgrimage site and a tourist attraction.
Description based upon print version of record.
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Textual note""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Julian of Norwich and Her Children Today: Editions, Translations, and Versions of Her Revelations""; ""2 From Anchorhold to Closet: Julian of Norwich in 1670 and the Immanence of the Past""; ""3 W.B. Yeats and a Certain Mystic of the Middle Ages""; ""4 The Fire and the Rose: Theodicy in Eliot and Julian of Norwich""; ""5 Julie Norwich and Julian of Norwich: Annie Dillardâ€?s Theodicy in Holy the Film""; ""6 Julian of Norwich in Popular Fiction""
""7 Playing Julian: The Cell as Theater in Contemporary Culture""""8 â€œA Great Woman in Our Futureâ€?: Julian of Norwichâ€?s Functions in Late Twentieth-Century Spirituality""; ""9 Julian in Norwich: Heritage and Iconography""; ""10 In the Centre: Spiritual and Cultural Representations of Julian of Norwich in the Julian Centre""; ""Contributors""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Julian of Norwich the best-known of the medieval mystics today. The text of her Revelation has circulated continually since the fifteenth century, but the twentieth century saw a massive expansion of her popularity. Theological or literary-historical studies of Julian may remark in passing on her popularity, but none have attempted a detailed study of her reception. This collection fills that gap: it outlines the full reception history from the extant manuscripts to the present day, looking at Julian in devotional cultures, in modernist poetry and present-day popular literature, and in her iconography in Norwich, both as a pilgrimage site and a tourist attraction.
Julian, of Norwich, 1343-
Julian, of Norwich, 1343-
Literature, Medieval.
Classical literature.
Europe—History—476-1492.
British literature.
Religion.
Medieval Literature.
Classical and Antique Literature.
History of Medieval Europe.
British and Irish Literature.
Religious Studies, general.