Re-Reading Margery Kempe in the 21st Century

The Book of Margery Kempe is the autobiography of an English Christian mystic of the late medieval period. This critical examination provides a comparative analysis of contemporary studies of the work and expands on themes of gender, sexuality and authorship that are central to the study of what is regarded as a seminal English language biographical text. Castagna is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Palermo, Italy. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)