Reading the books of Margery Kempe and Alice Pyett: attachment and feminist restoration in Michelle Paver's 'Wakenhyrst'

This article examines reading, attachment, and the restoration of female voices in Michelle Paver's Wakenhyrst, a 2019 novel inspired by the fifteenth-century mystic and author, Margery Kempe. The article foregrounds and analyses the author’s own response to the novel and to Paver's commen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Varnam, L
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship 2023