Close Readings: Encounters with Medieval Women

In a new LRB podcast miniseries, Irina Dumitrescu and Mary Wellesley look at the lives and voices of women in medieval literature through four key texts, ranging roughly from the year 300 to 1500. The episodes will feature Mary of Egypt, Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe and the Wife of Bath. 

This book bundle contains:

• The Old English Life of St Mary of Egypt : An Edition of the Old English Text with a Modern English Translation 
• The Book of Margery Kempe
• Revelations of Divine Love
• The Canterbury Tales
• Unique Julian of Norwich bookmark

Listen to the podcasts here.