Julian of Norwich （c. 1342 c. post I416）is the first Englishwoman to be identified as an author. This Norton Critical Edi-tion of the Showings has been carefully edited for the under-graduate reader. It includes a clear and concise introductionthat focuses on Julian's difficult theology and prepares studentsto understand the complex, controversial themes of the text.particularly Julian's solution to the problem of evil in BevelationXIII and XIV. The text is based on the early-seventeenth-centuryParis manuscript of the long version of the Showings, which hasbeen edited for modern readers--paragraph divisions emphasizethe thematic units of each chapter： sentences have been punc-tuated to help students better understand them： and detailedexplanatory annotations are provided throughout.

Introduction

The Language of the Paris Manuscript

A Glossary of Frequently Used Words

The Text of Showings

Contexts

 Julian of Norwich·The Short Text of A Book of Showings

[A Woman as Teacher]

 Margery Kempe·The Book of Margery Kempe

[A Visit w, ith Julian of Norwich]

[Meditation on the Passion]

 Augustine·The Trinity [The Two Parts of the Mind]

 Walter Hilton·The Scale of Perfection [The Two Parts of the Soul]

 Aelred of Rievaulx·De Institutione Inclusarum [Jesus as Mother]

 Anonymous·Ancrene Wisse (A Guide for Anchoresses)

[Jesus as Mother]

Criticism

 Grace M. Jantzen·From The Life of an Anchoress

 Lynn Staley Johnson·[The Trope of the Scribe and the

Question of Literary Authority in the Texts of Julian of Norwich]

 David Aers·From The Humanity of Christ： Reflections on

Julian of Norwich's Revelation of Love

 Sandra J. McEntire·From The Likeness of God and the

Restoration of Humanity in Julian of Norwich's Showings

 Joan M. Nuth·[Human Nature： The Image of God]

 Caroline Walker Bynum·[Jesus as Mother]

 B. A. Windeatt·The Art of Mystical Loving： Julian of Norwich

Selected Bibliography