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Margery Kempe

Sandra J. McEntire

Originally published in 1992, Margery Kempe looks at one of the most appealing mystics and pilgrims of 15th-century England. The book looks at Margery Kempe, and her book The Book of Margery Kempe , thought to be the first vernacular autobiography in medieval Britain. Original essays in the book examines Kempe's spirituality, cultural context, and the autobiography itself, The Book of Margery Kempe . The essays in the book represent detail literary analysis on Kempe and the critical history of her words.

GenresKempe, MargeryChristian literature, English (Middle)History and criticismChristian womenReligious lifeEngland

258 pages

English edition · First published 2019 by Routledge · ISBN 9780429559617

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