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        1. The Song of Songs Ad Litteram
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        Astell, Ann W.
        
 
                                    
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                                            Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
 - Contents vii
 - Acknowledgments ix
 - Abbreviations xi
 - Introduction 1
 - 1. The Song of Songs Ad Litteram 25
 - 2. The Exemplary Bride: Ecclesia and Mary 42
 - 3. Personal Brideship: The Mystical Treatments 73
 - 4. Middle English Transitions: The Case of Richard Rolle 105
 - 5. Mourning and Marriage in Saint Bernard's Sermones and in Pearl 119
 - 6. Religious Love Lyric and the Feminine "I" 136
 - 7. Biblical Drama, Devotional Response, and the Feminine "We" 159
 - Epilogue 177
 - Bibliography 181
 - Index 191
 
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
 - Contents vii
 - Acknowledgments ix
 - Abbreviations xi
 - Introduction 1
 - 1. The Song of Songs Ad Litteram 25
 - 2. The Exemplary Bride: Ecclesia and Mary 42
 - 3. Personal Brideship: The Mystical Treatments 73
 - 4. Middle English Transitions: The Case of Richard Rolle 105
 - 5. Mourning and Marriage in Saint Bernard's Sermones and in Pearl 119
 - 6. Religious Love Lyric and the Feminine "I" 136
 - 7. Biblical Drama, Devotional Response, and the Feminine "We" 159
 - Epilogue 177
 - Bibliography 181
 - Index 191