Rape and ravishment in the literature of medieval England /

"This work aims to explore and untangle the theme of rape, and its counterpart ravishment, as they developed within Anglo-French cultural tradition across the thousand years between the disintegration of the classical world and the Renaissance." "Medieval writing proves to be far from...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Saunders, Corinne J., 1963- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; Rochester, NY : D.S. Brewer, 2001.
Temas:
To 1500
English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism.
Rape in literature.
Rape > Religious aspects > Christianity > History > To 1500.
Christian women saints > Biography > History and criticism.
Women and literature > England > History > To 1500.
Women > Crimes against > History > To 1500.
Romances, English > History and criticism.
Sex crimes in literature.
Women in literature.
Hagiography.
Littérature anglaise > 1100-1500 (Moyen anglais) > Histoire et critique.
Viol dans la littérature.
Saintes chrétiennes > Biographies > Histoire et critique.
Roman courtois anglais > Histoire et critique.
Violence sexuelle dans la littérature.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Hagiographie.
hagiographies (works)
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Christian women saints > Biography
English literature > Middle English
Hagiography
Rape in literature
Rape > Religious aspects > Christianity
Romances, English
Sex crimes in literature
Women and literature
Women > Crimes against
Women in literature
England
Literary criticism
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The Contemporary and the Contemporaneous
  • 1. Secular Law: Rape and Raptus
  • 2. Church: Canon Law, Theology and Popular Teaching
  • 3. Threat of Rape: Saintly Women
  • 4. Legendary History: Lucretia and Helen of Troy
  • 5. Middle English Romance: Structures of Possession
  • 6. Malory's Morte Darthur: A Romance Retrospective
  • 7. 'A Dede of Men': Chaucer's Narrative of Rape.

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