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Barbara Newman

Barbara Newman

· Professor of English; John Evans Professor of Latin

Northwestern University · History

Active 1968–2025

h-index29
Citations3.5k
Papers28616 last 5y
Funding—

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Research topics

  • Sociology
  • Art
  • Geography
  • Philosophy
  • Anthropology
  • Materials science
  • Linguistics

Selected publications

  • The Permeable Self

    University of Pennsylvania Press eBooks · 2021 · 5 citations

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    How, Barbara Newman asks, did the myth of the separable heart take such a firm hold in the Middle Ages, from lovers exchanging hearts with one another to mystics exchanging hearts with Jesus? What special traits gave both saints and demoniacs their ability to read minds? Why were mothers who died in childbirth buried in unconsecrated ground? Each of these phenomena, as diverse as they are, offers evidence for a distinctive medieval idea of the person in sharp contrast to that of the modern "subj…

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  • The Permeable Self

    University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc. eBooks · 2021-09-17 · 2 citations

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  • Mechthild of Magdeburg at Helfta: A Study in Literary Influence

    2020-04-17 · 1 citations

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  • <i>Vrouwen lop</i>: Of “Hermaphrodites,” Alchemists, and Pregnant Ladies

    Speculum · 2025-03-28

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    This article is a study of the Minneleich by the Middle High German poet Frauenlob (d. 1318) that includes a complete literary translation of the long poem (the first English translation ever). The Minneleich is a dense, highly crafted philosophical text touching on sexual physiology, childbirth, and the conventional and not-so-conventional praise of women. I focus on the character Selvon’s vision of a “hermaphrodite,” which occupies a unique place in the history of nonbinary gender because it h…

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  • Poetry

    New Labor Forum · 2025-09-01

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Frequent coauthors

  • John C. Gray

    7 shared

  • Stephen P. Fortmann

    Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research

    7 shared

  • Joel D. Killen

    Stanford University

    5 shared

  • Ann Varady

    Stanford University

    5 shared

  • A. Spence

    4 shared

  • Barbara Leggett

    University of Queensland

    3 shared

  • Darryl Pappin

    Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

    3 shared

  • R. P. Knill‐Jones

    3 shared

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Awards & honors

  • Charles Homer Haskins Medal of the Medieval Academy of Ameri…
  • Outstanding Academic Title citation from Choice

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