Julian of Norwich's Legacy: Medieval Mysticism and Post-Medieval Reception [Hardcover]

Julian of Norwich the best-known of the medieval mystics today. The text of her Revelation has circulated continually since the fifteenth century, but the twentieth century saw a massive expansion of her popularity. Theological or literary-historical studies of Julian may remark in passing on her popularity, but none have attempted a detailed study of her reception. This collection fills that gap: it outlines the full reception history from the extant manuscripts to the present day, looking at Julian in devotional cultures, in modernist poetry and present-day popular literature, and in her iconography in Norwich, both as a pilgrimage site and a tourist attraction.Introduction; S.Salih & D.N.Baker Julian of Norwich and Her Children Today: Editions, Translations and Versions of her Revelations; A.Barratt From Anchorhold to Closet: Julian of Norwich in 1670 and the Immanence of the Past; J.Summit W. B. Yeats and a Certain Mystic of the Middle Ages; A.Cuda The Fire and the Rose: Theodicy in Eliot and Julian of Norwich; J.Spears Brooker Julie Norwich and Julian of Norwich: Annie Dillard's Theodicy in Holy the Firm; D.N.Baker Julian of Norwich in Popular Fiction; S.M.Chewning Playing Julian: The Cell as Theatre in Contemporary Culture; J.Jenkins 'A Great Woman in our Future': Julian of Norwich's Function in Late-Twentieth-Century Spirituality; C.Whitehead Julian in Norwich: Heritage and Iconography; S.Salih In the Centre: Spiritual and Cultural Representations of of Julian of Norwich in the Julian Centre; S.Law

This is one of the best collections of essays I have encountered in recent years. The organizing concept is compelling and superbly executed. Every essay is a good fit for the collection, and the essays speak to each other while avoiding repetition. Not only is this volume of value to students and scholars of medieval literature and medievalism, but it should also be required reading for all would-be editors of collections of essays. - Medieval FeminilÓà