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Theatrical Milton brings coherence to the presence of theatre in John Milton through the concept of theatricality. In this book, 'theatricality' identifies a discursive field entailing the rhetorical strategies and effects of framing a given human action, including speech and writing, as an act of theatre.

Human body in literature. --- Theater in literature. --- Body, Human, in literature --- Human figure in literature --- Milton, John, --- Milṭan, Jān, --- Milʹton, Dzhon, --- Милтон, Джон, --- Miltūn, Zhūn, --- Miltonus, Joannes, --- J. M. --- M., J. --- Milʹton, Īoann, --- Milton, Gioanni, --- Milton, Giovanni, --- מילטאן, יאהאן --- מילטאן, יוחנן --- מילטון, ג׳והן --- מלטן, יוחנן --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Theatrical science --- drama [literature] --- Milton, John --- drama [discipline]

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The writings of Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe show an awareness of traditional and contemporary attitudes towards women, in particular medieval attitudes towards the female body. This study examines the extent to which they make use of such attitudes in their writing, and investigates the importance of the female body as a means of explaining their mystical experiences and the insight gained from them; in both writers, the female body is central to their writing, leading to a feminised language through which they achieve authority and create a space in which they can be heard, particularly in the context of their religious and mystical experiences. The three archetypal representations of woman in the middle ages, as mother, as whore and as 'wise woman', are all clearly present in the writings of Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe; in examining the ways in which both writers make use of these female categories, McAvoy establishes the extent of their success in resolving the tension between society's expectations of them and their own lived experiences as women and writers. LIZ HERBERT MCAVOY is Lecturer in Medieval Language and Literature, University of Leicester.

Julian of Norwich --- Kempe, Margery --- Authority in literature. --- Christian literature, English (Middle) --- English literature --- Human body in literature. --- Mysticism in literature. --- Mysticism --- Women and literature --- Women in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Women authors --- History --- 248.2-055.2 --- 248.2 <420> "04/14" --- Mystieke theologie. Mystiek. Mysticisme--055.2--Vrouwen --- Mystieke theologie. Mystiek. Mysticisme--Engeland--Middeleeuwen --- 248.2 <420> "04/14" Mystieke theologie. Mystiek. Mysticisme--Engeland--Middeleeuwen --- Authority in literature --- Human body in literature --- Mysticism in literature --- Women in literature --- Woman (Christian theology) in literature --- Women in drama --- Women in poetry --- Body, Human, in literature --- Human figure in literature --- British literature --- Inklings (Group of writers) --- Nonsense Club (Group of writers) --- Order of the Fancy (Group of writers) --- History and criticism --- Women authors&delete& --- Julian, --- Kempe, Margery, --- I︠U︡liana, --- Juliana, --- Knowledge --- Human anatomy. --- JULIAN DE NORWICH, 1343-? --- KEMPE (MARGERY), 1373-CA 1436 --- LITTERATURE ANGLAISE --- MYSTICISME DANS LA LITTERATURE --- LITTERATURE CHRETIENNE ANGLAISE --- MYSTICISME --- FEMMES ET LITTERATURE --- CORPS HUMAIN DANS LA LITTERATURE --- AUTORITE DANS LA LITTERATURE --- FEMMES DANS LA LITTERATURE --- CONNAISSANCE --- ANATOMIE HUMAINE --- 1100-1500 (MOYEN-ANGLAIS) --- HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE --- FEMMES ECRIVAINS --- ANGLETERRE --- HISTOIRE --- MOYEN AGE, 600-1500 --- GRANDE-BRETAGNE --- JUSQUE 1500 --- Mysticism.