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Record Number:
6992
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Meale , Carol M.
Contributor(s):
Title:
This is a Deed Bok, the Tother a Quick: Theatre and the Drama of Salvation in the "Book" of Margery Kempe [The author argues that Kempe adopted the tecnhniques of drama in her "Book" in order to add to both her spiritual and her authorial agency].
Source:
Medieval Women: Texts and Contexts in Late Medieval Britain. Essays for Felicity Riddy. Edited by Jocelyn Wogan-Browne, Rosalynn Voaden, Arlyn Diamond, Ann Hutchison, Carol M. Meale, and Lesley JohnsonMedieval Women: Texts and Contexts. Brepols, 2000. Pages 49 - 67.
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Article Type:
Essay
Subject
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Authority
Kempe, Margery, Mystic- Book of Margery Kempe
Lay Piety
Literature- Drama
Liturgy
Mystics
Performance
Visions
Women in Religion
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
British Isles
Century:
14- 15
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The essay by Carol Meale, on the other hand, assumes that the Book arose out of the religious experience of a real woman, and can be used to gauge the accessibility and status of popular drama within late medieval society. She concludes that Margery Kempe
Author's Affiliation:
University of Bristol
Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
2000.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
2503509797