TY - JOUR
T1 - “For-soþe i had leuar se ȝow be slayn”
T2 - Margery Kempe and the biblical Susanna
AU - Stavsky, Jonathan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This article documents several unrecorded allusions to Susanna and the Elders (Dan. 13) in The Book of Margery Kempe, analyzes their function, and compares them with similar undetected echoes of the story in the Vita Offae Primi, attributed to Matthew Paris, John Whethamstede’s Registrum, Chaucer’s Franklin’s Tale, Hoccleve’s Series, the fabliau “Auberee,” and the chantefable Aucassin et Nicolette. Whereas some passages in the Book implicitly liken Kempe to Susanna, others contrast them. Yet the irony that emerges from the latter, for which her second scribe and confessor is probably responsible, does not turn her into a caricature of failed biblical virtue. On the contrary, it humanizes her and provides a glimpse of their intricate relationship.
AB - This article documents several unrecorded allusions to Susanna and the Elders (Dan. 13) in The Book of Margery Kempe, analyzes their function, and compares them with similar undetected echoes of the story in the Vita Offae Primi, attributed to Matthew Paris, John Whethamstede’s Registrum, Chaucer’s Franklin’s Tale, Hoccleve’s Series, the fabliau “Auberee,” and the chantefable Aucassin et Nicolette. Whereas some passages in the Book implicitly liken Kempe to Susanna, others contrast them. Yet the irony that emerges from the latter, for which her second scribe and confessor is probably responsible, does not turn her into a caricature of failed biblical virtue. On the contrary, it humanizes her and provides a glimpse of their intricate relationship.
KW - Biblical allusion
KW - Biblical reception
KW - Daniel 13
KW - Margery Kempe
KW - Susanna and the Elders
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U2 - 10.5325/JMEDIRELICULT.47.2.0166
DO - 10.5325/JMEDIRELICULT.47.2.0166
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AN - SCOPUS:85111316884
SN - 1947-6566
VL - 47
SP - 166
EP - 188
JO - Journal of Medieval Religious Cultures
JF - Journal of Medieval Religious Cultures
IS - 2
ER -