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The Review of English Studies 2004 55(219):151-156; doi:10.1093/res/55.219.151
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The ‘Soule’ Crux in Julian of Norwich's A Revelation of Love

Cristina Maria Cervone

University of Virginia *

Since the publication of Edmund Colledge and James Walsh's edition of Julian of Norwich's A Revelation of Love in 1978, scholars have followed the editors' lead in interpreting the word ‘soule’ in chapter 6 of the Long Text as ‘cooked, digested food’, and therefore read the passage as a description of excretion. The passage's context, together with a closer look at the word derived from OE sufol, indicates that the intended word is more likely to be ‘soul’ (OE saáwol). Rather than excretion, the passage appears to describe death.

* I am grateful to A. C. Spearing for his comments on and suggestions for this article, and especially for his encouragement and willingness to listen as my thinking on this topic evolved.


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