Trauma and tears in The book of Margery Kempe /

A unique perspective to medieval femininity and spirituality through the lens of trauma present within The Book of Margery Kempe.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Scoggins, Rachel (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Bloomsbury Academic, [2026].
Series:	Studies in mediaeval literature.
Subjects:	Kempe, Margery, > approximately 1373- > Criticism and interpretation. Kempe, Margery, > approximately 1373- > Book of Margery Kempe. English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism. Autobiography > English authors. Autobiography > Women authors. Psychic trauma in literature. Women in literature. Christianity in literature. Mysticism in literature.

Table of Contents:

Finding voice through emotional and physical trauma
Rejecting traditional marriage and negotiating bodily agency
Self-inflicted punishment as a trauma response
Christ as a safe space
Spectacle and heretical actions that lead to violence
The need to be noticed : constructing a sense of self-worth through the body, knowledge, and conflict
The search for safe spaces through Margery's relationships with women.