Acknowledgements | |
Abbreviations | |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Manuscript History and Reception | p. 5 |
Questions of Authorship and Authority | p. 9 |
The Book in its Socio-Religious Context | p. 11 |
Margery and the Lollard Threat | p. 16 |
Late-Medieval Pilgrimage and Religious Controversy | p. 18 |
Female Mysticism and the Continental Tradition | p. 21 |
Note on the Translations | p. 25 |
The Book of Margery Kempe: I. Narratives of Motherhood | p. 31 |
The Book of Margery Kempe: II. Discources of Desire | p. 54 |
The Book of Margery Kempe: III. Voice and Authority | p. 76 |
Interpretive essay: 'wonderfully turnyng & wrestyng hir body': Agonies, Ecstasies, and Gendered Performances in The Book of Margery Kempe | p. 105 |
Printed Extracts from The Book of Margery Kempe (the print of Wynkyn de Worde (1501)) | p. 127 |
Select Bibliography | p. 133 |
Index | p. 146 |
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