A shorte treatyse of contemplacyon: the book of Margery Kempe in early English print culture

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dc.contributor.advisorJenkins, Jacqueline
dc.contributor.authorFoster, Allyson
dc.date.accessioned2005-08-19T20:44:52Z
dc.date.available2005-08-19T20:44:52Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 115-127en
dc.description.abstractUntil 1934 the only evidence of The Book of Margery Kempe's existence was in the form of a short redaction of the Book entitled A Shorte Treatyse of Contemplacyon. This redaction was published in pamphlet form by Wynkyn de Worde in 1501, and again in 1521 when Henry Pepwell printed it as part of a small collection of devotional works, The Cell of Self-Knowledge. A Short Treatyse ofContemplacyon is comprised of twenty-eight brief passages that have been extracted from various sections of The Book of Margery Kempe and rearranged to form a practical guide for the process of contemplation. Because the treatise lacks the vivid detail and controversial elements of Margery Kempe's life, focusing instead on the desirability of private, inward forms of devotion, modem scholarship has tended to dismiss it as reductive and ahistorical. This thesis posits that A Shorte Treatyse of Contemplacyon deserves re-examination not only because it can help us speculate further on the audience of Kempe's work in the late fifteenth century, but because considering how The Book of Margery Kempe was reshaped, and to what purpose, can contribute to a more specific understanding of Kempe's place in early modem female piety and literary culture.en
dc.format.extentix, 127 leaves ; 30 cm.en
dc.identifier.citationFoster, A. (2004). A shorte treatyse of contemplacyon: the book of Margery Kempe in early English print culture (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20432en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/20432
dc.identifier.isbn0494038152en
dc.identifier.lccAC1 .T484 2004 F675en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/42410
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
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dc.titleA shorte treatyse of contemplacyon: the book of Margery Kempe in early English print culture
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineEnglish
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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ucalgary.thesis.accessionTheses Collection 58.002:Box 1502 520492019
ucalgary.thesis.notesUARCen
ucalgary.thesis.uarcreleaseyen
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