Encountering <i>The Book of Margery Kempe</i>

This innovative critical volume brings the study of Margery Kempe into the twenty-first century. Structured around four categories of 'encounter' - textual internal external and performative - the volume offers a capacious exploration of &lt;i&gt;The&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;Book of Margery Kempe&lt;/i&gt; characterised by multiple complementary and dissonant approaches. It employs a multiplicity of scholarly and critical lenses including the intertextual history of medieval women's literary culture medical humanities history of science digital humanities literary criticism oral history the global Middle Ages archival research and creative re-imagining. Revealing several new discoveries about Margery Kempe and her &lt;i&gt;Book &lt;/i&gt;in its global contexts and offering multiple ways of reading the &lt;i&gt;Book&lt;/i&gt; in the modern world it&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;will be an essential companion for years to come.