Ravishing maidens : writing rape in medieval French literature and law /

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In this study of sexual violence and rape in French medieval literature and law, Kathryn Gravdal examines an array of famous works never before analyzed in connection with sexual violence. Gravdal demonstrates the variety of techniques through which medieval discourse made rape acceptable: sometimes...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gravdal, Kathryn (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Philadelphia] : University of Pennsylvania Press, [1991]
Colección:New cultural studies series.
Temas:
To 1515
French literature > To 1500 > History and criticism.
Women > France > History > Middle Ages, 500-1500.
Rape > France > History > To 1500.
Women > Crimes against > France > History > To 1500.
Women and literature > France > History > To 1500.
Rape victims in literature.
Sex crimes in literature.
Rape in literature.
Law, Medieval.
Women > Crimes against > France > History.
Women and literature > France > History.
Littérature française > Jusqu'à 1500 > Histoire et critique.
Femmes > France > Histoire > 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Femmes > Crimes contre > France > Histoire.
Femmes et littérature > France > Histoire.
Victimes de viol dans la littérature.
Violence sexuelle dans la littérature.
Viol dans la littérature.
Droit médiéval.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
French literature
Law, Medieval
Rape
Rape in literature
Rape victims in literature
Sex crimes in literature
Social conditions
Women and literature
Women > Crimes against
Women > Middle Ages
France > Social conditions > 987-1515.
France > Conditions sociales > 987-1515.
France
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The archaeology of rape in medieval literature and law
  • Plotting rape in the female saints' lives
  • The poetics of rape law: Chrétien de Troyes's Arthurian romance
  • Replaying rape: feudal law on trial in Le Roman de Renart
  • The game of rape: sexual violence and social class in the Pastourelle
  • The complicity of law and literature.

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