Encountering <i>The Book of Margery Kempe</i>

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This innovative critical volume brings the study of Margery Kempe into the twenty-first century. Structured around four categories of encounter textual, internal, external and performative the volume offers a capacious exploration of&lt;i&gt;The&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;Book of Margery Kempe&lt;/i&gt;, characterised by multiple complementary and dissonant approaches. It employs a multiplicity of scholarly and critical lenses, including the intertextual history of medieval womens literary culture, medical humanities, history of science, digital humanities, literary criticism, oral history, the global Middle Ages, archival research and creative re-imagining. Revealing several new discoveries about Margery Kempe and her&lt;i&gt;Book&lt;/i&gt;in its global contexts, and offering multiple ways of reading the&lt;i&gt;Book&lt;/i&gt; in the modern world, it&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;will be an essential companion for years to come.

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<p>Laura Kalas is Senior Lecturer in Medieval Literature at Swansea University<br>Laura Varnam is Lecturer in Old and Middle English Literature at University College, Oxford</p>

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