Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 6788
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Hopenwasser , Nanda.
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  • Title: A Performance Artist and Her Performance Text: Margery Kempe on Tour
  • Source: Performance and Transformation: New Approaches to Late Medieval Spirituality.  Edited by Mary A. Suydam and Joanna E. Ziegler.  St. Martin's Press, 1999.  Pages 97 - 131.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Kempe, Margery, Mystic- Book of Margery Kempe Mystics Performance Theory Pilgrimage Tears Women in Religion
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 15
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  • Abstract:
  • Related Resources: Nanda Hoppenwasser in her depiction of another late medieval mystic argues that Margery Kempe was a type of performance artist who created her religious persona in the Book of Margery Kempe." From the review written by Carolyn Muessig of "Performance and
  • Author's Affiliation: University of Alabama
  • Conference Info: - , -
  • Year of Publication: 1999.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: Not Available