VIRTUAL WEBINAR BOOK LAUNCH: The Virgin Mary's Book at the Annunciation
Associate professor of English literature, Laura Saetveit Miles, will launch her new book at a virtual webinar on the feast of the Annunciation 25 March. You are welcome to join!
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VIRTUAL WEBINAR BOOK LAUNCH via ClickMeeting.
You are welcome to click on the link and register in advance of the webinar. Webinar can be joined (or left) at any time while in progress. Q&A will be conducted via typing questions in the webinar 'chatpod'.
About the book launch
The Annunciation remains one of the most recognizable scenes in western Christianity: the angel Gabriel addressing the Virgin Mary, capturing the moment when Christ becomes incarnate. But one consistent detail has evaded our scrutiny - Mary's book. What was she reading? What does her book mean?
Laura Saetveit Miles’ new monograph from Boydell & Brewer (UK) offers the first history of Mary’s reading and why it was so important. Her book looks at literature and art from medieval England to argue that Virgin provided a sophisticated model of reading and interpretation that was foundational to devotional practices across all spectrums of society in medieval England, and especially for enclosed female readers. By imitating the Virgin, readers learned how to read; they learned how to pray; they learned how to channel God through vision and revelation.
At this event Laura will give a brief overview of the book by means of its seventeen color figures, and read an extract from the Introduction. In addition, she will explain a bit about the process of writing and publishing the monograph. There will be some copies of the book available for perusing and for purchasing.
The book launch is co-sponsored by the Literature and Religion Research Group.
Everyone is welcome!
Book available for purchase at www.boydellandbrewer.com
Discount code: BB135
