Biographies

Collis, Louise. Memoirs of a Medieval Woman: The Life and Times of Margery Kempe. New York: Crowell, 1964, 270 p.

Offers a novelistic and sometimes inaccurate biography of Kempe, though highly accessible.

Goodman, Anthony. "Margery and Urban Gender Roles." In Margery Kempe and Her World. New York: Longman, 2002, 274 p.

Provides a biography emphasizing the details Kempe provides about her life as a medieval Englishwoman.

Criticism

Allen, Hope Emily. Preface to The Book of Margery Kempe, Vol. 1, edited by Sanford Brown Meech, pp. i-v. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1940.

Discusses various influences on Kempe's Book, particularly the work of other medieval mystic writers.

Atkinson, Clarissa W. Mystic and Pilgrim: The Book and the World of Margery Kempe. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1983, 241 p.

Examines Kempe's book as an autobiography with an emphasis on her role in the tradition of women in Christian history.

Beckwith, Sarah. "A Very Material Mysticism: The...