Walsingham and the English Imagination

A Yankee Book Peddler UK Core Title for 2011 'Many of the stories are fascinating and it is interesting to see which authors have been chosen. There is a great exploration of the writings of Erasmus, and considerable interest in the Pynson Ballad and the N-Town plays.' New Directions '... Walsingham and the English Imagination is clearly written; the scholarship is meticulous; Waller's insights are accessible and thought-provoking. This work should prove valuable for scholars of English literature, the history of religion, folk traditions, to name but a few.' Renaissance Quarterly 'Waller succeeds in his goal of straddling history and cultural studies that allows him to stay open to the phenomena of medieval spirituality and belief, while at the same time he maintains a questioning but reflective nature that takes the reader to deeper levels of textual, cultural, and historical understanding.' Sixteenth Century Journal '... this is an important book that needs to be read.' Anglican and Episcopal History '[The book contains] riches in the sections on the Renaissance and modern periods.' Journal of English and Germanic Philology ’Much in this book is fascinating... The strength of this book lies in Waller’s interpretations of texts that con­structed the Shrine of Walsingham in the English imagination, starting with the Pynson ballad and Erasmus’s semi-fictional account.’ Medieval Feminist Forum