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.

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Information

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Year

2009

ISBN

9780230101623

Topic

Literature

Subtopic

Medieval & Early Modern Literary Criticism

Index

Literature

Cover
Series
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of illustrations
Acknowledgments
Textual note
Introduction
1 Julian of Norwich and Her Children Today: Editions, Translations, and Versions of Her Revelations
2 From Anchorhold to Closet: Julian of Norwich in 1670 and the Immanence of the Past
3 W.B. Yeats and a Certain Mystic of the Middle Ages
4 The Fire and the Rose: Theodicy in Eliot and Julian of Norwich
5 Julie Norwich and Julian of Norwich: Annie Dillard’s Theodicy in Holy the Firm
6 Julian of Norwich in Popular Fiction
7 Playing Julian: The Cell as Theater in Contemporary Culture
8 “A Great Woman in Our Future”: Julian of Norwich’s Functions in Late Twentieth-Century Spirituality
9 Julian in Norwich: Heritage and Iconography
10 In the Centre: Spiritual and Cultural Representations of Julian of Norwich in the Julian Centre
Contributors
Bibliography
Index