Walsingham and the English Imagination |
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| Author:
| Waller, Gary |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4094-0510-8 |
| Publication Date: | May 2011 |
| Publisher: | Ashgate Publishing Company
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $124.95 |
Book Description:
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Drawing on history, art history, literary criticism and theory, gender studies, theology and psychoanalysis, this interdisciplinary study provides analyzes the cultural significance, from the Middle Ages to the present, of the Shrine of our Lady of Walsingham. Gary Waller analyses Walsingham's rich tradition of literary and dramatic writing, ballads, musical compositions, novels, and legends, and sets present-day Walsingham within the context of recent feminist theology and gender issues.
Drawing on history, art history, literary criticism and theory, gender studies, theology and psychoanalysis, this interdisciplinary study provides analyzes the cultural significance, from the Middle Ages to the present, of the Shrine of our Lady of Walsingham. Gary Waller analyses Walsingham's rich tradition of literary and dramatic writing, ballads, musical compositions, novels, and legends, and sets present-day Walsingham within the context of recent feminist theology and gender issues.