New Directions in Medieval Mystical and Devotional Literature honors the career and scholarship of Denise N. Baker. Contributors include both early career and established scholars, and the collected essays examine a broad range of medieval mystical and religious literature, such as the writings of Julian of Norwich and William Langland.

Amy N. Vines is associate professor of English at University of North Carolina, Greensboro.

Lee Templeton is associate professor of English at North Carolina Wesleyan University.

IntroductionAmy N. Vines

List of Denise N. Baker's Publications

Chapter 1"'What is Synne?': Exploring Julian of Norwich's Question"

David Aers

Chapter 2"The Coveting of 'Muche' Instead of 'Measure': The Connection between Lady Mede and Nede in the C-Text of Piers Plowman"

Jessica D. Ward

Chapter 3"The 'Stalke' and the 'Balke': Cherry Picking the Ethics of Reproof in The Canterbury Tales"

Edwin Craun

Chapter 4"From 'Pore Pacient' to 'Childische Thyng': Versions of the Life of Charity in Piers Plowman C.XV-XVII"

Grace Hamman

Chapter 5"Conceiving Community: Familial Trinitarian Analogies in Augustine, William Langland, and Julian Norwich"

Jessica Hines

Chapter 6"Julian of Norwich and the Cloud Author: How Could They Both be 'Mystical Theologians'?"

Denys Turner

Chapter 7"Beatrice of Nazareth and the Desire for Death"

Jessica Barr

Chapter 8"Julian of Norwich: Lives and Afterlives"

Nancy Bradley Warren

Chapter 9"'Heere of myn house perpetuelly a cherche': Imagining Perpetuity in Chaucer's Second Nun's Tale"

Gina Hurley

Chapter 10"Chaucer and John of Gaunt: Finding a Way to Break into History"

Lynn Staley