Rhetoric Review Sep 2008

Julian of Norwich's<i>Showings</i>and the<i>Ancrene Riwle</i>: Two Rhetorical Configurations of Mysticism

Brad Peters Northern Illinois University

Abstract

Many medieval women mystics undermined misogyny with persuasive eloquence. This essay does a comparative rhetorical analysis of Julian of Norwich's Showings and the Ancrene Riwle, positing that the fourteenth-century English mystic knew the twelfth-century text and developed her theology, in part, as a corrective to its Augustinian dogma.

Journal
Rhetoric Review
Published
2008-09-18
DOI
10.1080/07350190802339259
Open Access
Closed

Citation Context

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