BOOK OF MARGERY KEMPE, THE

In keeping with the other Norton Critical Editions, the text of "The Book of Margery Kempe" has not been modernized and the translation adheres closely to Middle English. The text is accompanied by an introduction, a map of medieval England, a Kempe lexicon and explanatory annotations. This edition includes primary sources to elucidate late medieval religious authority, mysticism and expressions of worship as well as nine interpretative essays and a selected bibliography.