Originally published in 1992,
Margery Kempe
looks at one of the most appealing mystics and pilgrims of 15th-century England. The book looks at Margery Kempe, and her book
The Book of Margery Kempe
, thought to be the first vernacular autobiography in medieval Britain. Original essays in the book examines Kempe's spirituality, cultural context, and the autobiography itself,
. The essays in the book represent detail literary analysis on Kempe and the critical history of her words.