Overview

This book examines from a variety of perspectives, and offers a range of interpretations, of the type of rhetoric associated with the anchoritic experience during the Middle Ages and draws conclusions on the many purposes of that rhetoric. In particular, each chapter will aim to unravel aspects of the often complex webs of association embedded within the rhetoric and imagery of anchoritic literature and the ways in which these associations travelled from within the anchorhold to the wider community of the laity beyond its walls. In so doing, it will argue for the centrality of anchoritic spirituality to the religious climate of the later Middle Ages in spite of the seemingly marginalized status of the anchorite within the social community which housed her/him.

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Author:   Liz Herbert McAvoy
Publisher:   University of Wales Press
Imprint:   University of Wales Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.522kg
ISBN:  

9780708321300

ISBN 10:   0708321305
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   26 June 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Dr. Herbert McAvoy is Lecturer in the Department of English, University of Wales Swansea. She has published for UWP twice previously and also for CUP. The contributors are from UK, American, Japanese and European universities.

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