The curse of Eve, the wound of the hero : blood, gender, and medieval literature /

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"This interesting comparative study of the relationship between blood and gender in medieval literature considers how blood is associated with cultural values and how those values might be understood in light of blood's ubiquity as a metaphor and literal agent ... Recommended."--Choic...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McCracken, Peggy
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2003.
Colección:Middle Ages series.
Temas:
Literature, Medieval > History and criticism.
Blood in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Littérature médiévale > Histoire et critique.
Sang dans la littérature.
Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
Blood in literature
Literature, Medieval
Sex role in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1 Only Women Bleed
  • 2 The Amenorrhea of War
  • 3 The Gender of Sacrifice
  • 4 Menstruation and Monstrous Birth
  • 5 The Scene of Parturition
  • 6 The Grail and Its Hosts
  • Conclusion: Bleeding for Love
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.

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