1. The Song of Songs Ad Litteram

Chapters in this book

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