The ‘Soule’ Crux in Julian of Norwich's A Revelation of Love

The ‘Soule’ Crux in Julian of Norwich's A Revelation of Love

Since the publication of Edmund Colledge and James Walsh's edition of Julian of Norwich's A Revelation of Love in 1978, scholars have followed the editors' lead in interpreting the word ‘soule’ in chapter 6 of the Long Text as ‘cooked, digested food’, and therefore read the passage as...

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Published in:The Review of English studies Vol. 55; no. 219; pp. 151 - 156
Main Author: Cervone, Cristina Maria
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 01-04-2004
Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
Subjects:
Children
Cooking
Digestion
Excretion
Food
Food preparation
Language
Literary criticism
Mystics
Norwich, John Julius
Soul
Spiritual love
Theologians
Theology
Works
United States
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Summary:Since the publication of Edmund Colledge and James Walsh's edition of Julian of Norwich's A Revelation of Love in 1978, scholars have followed the editors' lead in interpreting the word ‘soule’ in chapter 6 of the Long Text as ‘cooked, digested food’, and therefore read the passage as a description of excretion. The passage's context, together with a closer look at the word derived from OE sufol, indicates that the intended word is more likely to be ‘soul’ (OE saáwol). Rather than excretion, the passage appears to describe death.
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ISSN:0034-6551
1471-6968
DOI:10.1093/res/55.219.151