A new reading of the Revelations in the context of late-medieval manuscript traditions.
Compilation and miscellany manuscripts were widely owned in the late middle ages, by both the laity and the clergy. Here, their possible influence on Julian of Norwich’s
Revelations is explored. The book argues that formalfeatures of compilation are evident in the text, deployed by Julian to give authority and didactic force to the theological debate in which she is engaged. Combining study of compilation manuscripts and manuscripts of the
Revelations with structural analysis, it suggests important new ways of reading the
Revelations, and makes a strong case for compilation as a literary form with creative potential.
Dr ELISABETH DUTTON is Senior Research Fellow, Worcester College, University of Oxford.
Table of Content
Introduction
Ordinatio and
Compilatio and the
Revelation’s Apparatu s
Voices in the
Revelation and the Gestures of Compilation
Dialogue in Compilation
Circles of Compilation
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
About the author
ELISABETH DUTTON is Professor of Medieval English at Fribourg, Switzerland.
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