A textual introduction and full apparatus guide the reader through the complex textual issues behind Julian's writing. A substantial introduction provides up-to-date information about Julian's circumstances, Julian's Norwich, her revelations, the relationship between her two texts, the theological background to her principal themes (including Christ as our mother), and a survey of the reception history of her work up to the present. Barry Windeatt provides a text that is likely to be closest to Julian's own language. This edition presents both the shorter and longer versions of her book about her revelations, setting them in parallel for ease of comparison, with comprehensive explanatory and textual commentaries, and also with a glossary. She is also esteemed as one of the subtlest writers and profoundest thinkers of the period for her account of the revelations that she experienced in 1373. When I first started reading it I was very into it, but it quickly started to feel monotonous and it ended up taking me almost. Revelations of Divine Love (Oxford World's Classics) Paperback Jby Julian of Norwich (Author), Barry Windeatt (Translator) 288 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 7.55 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 74.39 Other new and used from 74.39 Paperback 10.67 Other new, used and collectible from 8. It's considered to be the first book written in English by a woman. Julian of Norwich (1342-c.1416) is the earliest author writing in English who can be identified as a woman. This book, REVELATIONS OF DIVINE LOVE, is her account of a series of visions she had and her own interpretation of them.
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