A companion to Marguerite Porete and the mirror of simple souls / / edited by Wendy R. Terry, Robert Stauffer.

Even with growing popularity in the United States, there existed no English-language scholarly introduction to Marguerite Porete or her sole-surviving work Mirror of Simple Souls until now. The study of Marguerite and her work touches on so many disciplines – from religious and secular histories to...

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Superior document:Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition, Volume 77
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2017.
©2017
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Brill's companions to the Christian tradition ; Volume 77.
Physical Description:1 online resource (383 pages) :; illustrations.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Wendy R. Terry
  • Marguerite Porete and the Writing of the Mirror
  • Debating the Historical Marguerite Porete* / Sean L. Field
  • Marguerite’s Mystical Annihilation / Joanne Maguire Robinson
  • A Review of Possible Theological Sources for Marguerite Porete’s Mirror / Wendy R. Terry
  • Literary Sources of The Mirror of Simple Souls / Zan Kocher
  • “Ce livre monstrera a tous vraye lumiere de verité.” The Role of The Mirror of Simple Souls as a Book* / Imke de Gier
  • Translations and Transmission of the Mirror
  • The Tradition of The Mirror of Simple Souls in the Fifteenth Century: From Marguerite Porete (†1310) to Marguerite of Navarre (†1549) / Geneviève Hasenohr, translated by Zan Kocher
  • The Latin Manuscripts of The Mirror of Simple Souls* / Justine L. Trombley
  • The Italian Version of the Mirror: Manuscripts, Diffusion and Communities in the 14–15th Century* / Dávid Falvay
  • Further Thoughts on m.n.’s Middle English Translation of Marguerite’s Mirouer des simples âmes anienties / Marleen Cré
  • Possibilities for the Identity of the English Translator of The Mirror of Simple Souls / Robert Stauffer
  • Modern Scholarship: Looking Forward, Looking Back
  • Critical Approaches to Marguerite Porete / Elizabeth Scarborough
  • Mirrors on the Wall: Which One is Fairest of Them All? / Jonathan H. Juilfs.