Margery Kempe: A Study in Early English Feminism: v. 278 (European University Studies) - Softcover

Traditionally, the feminist movement in England is dated at the threshold of the eighteenth century. A close reading of 'The Book of Margery Kempe' has revealed irrefutable evidence of much earlier roots. To her reputation as a minor mystic and the author of the first autobiography in the English language can be added a greater claim. 'The Book', Margery Kempe's record of her struggle for self-definition, demands inclusion among the serious contributions to feminist literature.