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Figuring the feminine : the rhetoric of female embodiment in medieval Hispanic literature /

Figuring the Feminine examines the female body as a means of articulating questions of literary authority and practice within the cultural spheres of the Iberian Peninsula (both Romance and Semitic) as well as in the larger Latinate literary culture. It demonstrates the centrality in medieval litera...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ross, Jill, 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Latín
Romance
Publicado: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2008.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Carnal knowledge: metaphor, allegory, and the embodiment of truth
  • Dynamic writing and martyrs' bodies in Prudentius's Peristephanon
  • Macho words: writing, violence, and gender in the Poema de mio Cid
  • The metaphorics of Mary: language and embodiment in Berceo's Milagros de Nuestra Señora
  • Undressing the Libra de buen amor
  • Configuring culture: writing the hybrid in Shem Tov of Carrión
  • Conclusion.