CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

INTRODUCTION

1. CHILDREN OF PROMISE, CHILDREN OF THE FLESH: AUGUSTINE’S TWO BODIES

2. THE MYSTIC’S TWO BODIES: THE TEMPORAL AND MATERIAL POETICS OF VISIONARY TEXTS

3. WERKE AND THE POSTSCRIPTUM OF THE SOUL

4. LIVING SONG: DWELLING IN HADEWIJCH’S LIEDEREN

CONCLUSION

Notes

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Index