Re: Margery Kempe: Oh, yes, many (including myself) would include her in a
list of English mystics. The difficulty is in the definition of "mystic",
indeed a most fuzzy term.
I modestly suggest an interesting perspective on Margery is an essay by
Nanda Hopenwasser, "Margery Kempe on Tour: A Performance Artist and her
Performance Text", in _Performance and Transformation: New Approaches to Late
Medieval Spirituality_, edited by myself (Mary Suydam) and Joanna Ziegler (St.
Martins Press: 1999). -- Mary Suydam
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