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Kempe's work isaccompanied by an introduction, a map of medieval England, a Kempelexicon, and explanatory annotations. "Contexts" collects primaryreadings that illuminate The Book of Margery Kempe . Included areexcerpts from The Constitutions of Thomas Arundel, Meditations on theLife of Christ, The Shewings of Julian of Norwich, The Book of SaintBride , and The Life of Marie d'Oignies by Jacques de Vitry. "Criticism"includes nine varied interpretations of the autobiography, written byClarissa W. Atkinson, Lynn Staley, Karma Lochrie, David Aers, KathleenAshley, Gail McMurray Gibson, Sarah Beckwith, Caroline Walker Bynum,and Nicholas Watson. A Selected Bibliography is also included.Windeatt, Barry is the author of 'Book of Margery Kempe A New Translation, Contexts, Criticism' with ISBN 9780393976397 and ISBN 0393976394.
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