The study delves into the unique autobiography of Margery Kempe, exploring her journey as a laywoman, mystic, and visionary. It traces the manuscript's history from a Carthusian monastery, illuminating the complexities of text transmission from the medieval period to contemporary times. Chappell's analysis enhances our understanding of Kempe's work and its significance in the context of historical literature.
This debut collection of short stories from Julie Chappell takes us to old family farmsteads, ancient Celtic ruins and long-forgotten hidden holy places. Family secrets, buried relics, feral hogs and more make for an atmospheric read. Settle in and be swept away.
Julie Chappell's second collection of short stories celebrates the odd, mysterious, mundane and joyous ways which connect us all, no matter how fragile or secret the ties may be. Wandering rom a hometown bakery to a haunted English countryside, these tales are surprising, atmospheric and unique.
Julie Chappell's second collection of poetry explores the examined life of a university literature professor, a cancer survivor, a nature enthusiast, and a woman wholly in love with life and the madness it entrails.
This collection of essays focuses on the representations of a variety of “bad girls”—women who challenge, refuse, or transgress the patriarchal limits intended to circumscribe them—in television, popular fiction, and mainstream film from the mid-twentieth century to the present. Perhaps not surprisingly, the initial introduction of women into Western cultural narrative coincides with the introduction of transgressive women. From the beginning, for good or ill, women have been depicted as insubordinate. Today’s popular manifestations include such widely known figures as Lisbeth Salander (the “girl with the dragon tattoo”), The Walking Dead ’s Michonne, and the queen bees of teen television series. While the existence and prominence of transgressive women has continued uninterrupted, however, attitudes towards them have varied considerably. It is those attitudes that are explored in this collection. At the same time, these essays place feminist/postfeminist analysis in a largercontext, entering into ongoing debates about power, equality, sexuality, and gender.