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Ryth Wikked: Christian Ethics and the Unruly Holy Woman in the Book of Margery Kempe
Ist Teil von
Indecent Exposure, 2016, p.149
Ort / Verlag
University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc
Erscheinungsjahr
2016
Quelle
Alma/SFX Local Collection
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Anyone who has discussed theBook of Margery Kempein a college classroom knows that many readers find it funny.¹ Episodes like Margery’s conversation with her husband on the road to Bridlington, her arguments with the archbishop during her trial at York, and her imprisonment in Beverly (in which her “good talys” inspire the local women to bring her an illicit pot of wine) are all likely to prompt laughter.² TheBook’s humor has been recognized since, quite literally, the moment of its discovery. In her letter to theTimes of Londonafter the sole extant manuscript of theBook