Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-202) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : Social analogies for mystical theology -- Marguerite Porete's life and book -- Gender in the religious allegory of love : from active women to passive souls -- From spiritual servitude to freedom : the allegory of social rank -- Wealth, poverty, and the allegory of economic exchange -- Models of interpretation : allegory, comparisons, and the making of meaning -- The functions of allegory in The mirror of simple souls -- Conclusions : mysticism, allegory, and a medieval concept of the self.
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