| Description |
xvi, 333 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Middle Ages series
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Middle Ages series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 289314) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : the problem of Mechthild's authorship -- Choosing the vernacular : the politics of language and the art of devotion -- Visions of authorship : cloaking the body in text -- Transmission lessons : gender, audience, and the mystical handbook -- Productive consumption : women readers and the production of late medieval devotional anthologies -- Historicizing canonicity : tradition and the invisible talent of Mechthild of Magdeburg. |
| Subject |
Mechthild, of Magdeburg, approximately 1212-approximately 1282. Fliessende Licht der Gottheit.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
0812238028 alkaline paper |
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9780812238020 alkaline paper |
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