Rewriting Magic: An Exegesis of the Visionary Autobiography of a Fourteenth-Century French Monk

by Claire Fanger

Book Overview

In Rewriting Magic, Claire Fanger explores a fourteenth-century text called The Flowers of Heavenly Teaching. Written by a Benedictine monk named John of Morigny, the work all but disappeared from the historical record, and it is only now coming to light again in multiple versions and copies. While John's book largely comprises an extended set of prayers for gaining knowledge, The Flowers of Heavenly Teaching is unusual among...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271066512
• ISBN13: 9780271066516
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"