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Record Number:
7629
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Salih , Sarah.
Contributor(s):
Title:
Staging Conversion: The Digby Saint Plays and "The Book of Margery Kempe" [the author examines the representation of conversion in Margery Kempe's "Book" and in the Digby saint plays of Mary Magdalene and Saint Paul; she argues that conversion is a predominantly masculine topos which affects Margery's and Mary Magdalene's gender identity].
Source:
Gender and Holiness: Men, Women, and Saints in Late Medieval Europe. Edited by Samantha J. E. Riches and Sarah Salih. Routledge, 2002. Pages 121 - 134.
Description:
Article Type:
Essay
Subject
(See Also)
:
Conversion, Religious
Digby Plays- Conversion of Saint Paul
Digby Plays- Mary Magdalene
Gender in Literature
Hagiography
Kempe, Margery, Mystic- Book of Margery Kempe
Literature- Drama
Literature- Prose
Mary Magdalene, Saint in Literature
Mystics
Women in
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
British Isles
Century:
15
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Salih starts with the frequent observation that conversion narratives are gendered. Men's conversion generally brings about a break with their past, while women's conversion adapts their past life to their new religious vocation. This being said, Margery
Author's Affiliation:
University of East Anglia
Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
2002.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
0415258219