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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778980403321

Autore

Gravdal Kathryn

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 1991

ISBN

1-283-21081-9

9786613210814

0-8122-0033-0

0-585-17262-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 192 pages)

Collana

New cultural studies series

Disciplina

840.9/355/0902

Soggetti

French literature - To 1500 - History and criticism

Women - Crimes against - France - History - To 1500

Women and literature - France - History - To 1500

Women - France - History - Middle Ages, 500-1500

Rape - France - History - To 1500

Rape victims in literature

Sex crimes in literature

Rape in literature

Law, Medieval

France Social conditions 987-1515

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Second paperback printing 1995.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-187) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Archeology of Rape in Medieval Literature and Law -- 1. Plotting Rape in the Female Saints' Lives -- 2. The Poetics of Rape Law: Chretien de Troyes's Arthurian Romance -- 3. Replaying Rape: Feudal Law on Trial in Le Roman de Renart -- 4. The Game of Rape: Sexual Violence and Social Class in the Pastourelle -- 5. The Complicity of Law and Literature -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 through humor and aestheticization, sometimes through the use of social and political themes, but especially through the romanticism of rape scenes.