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



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Autore: Gravdal Kathryn Visualizza persona
Titolo: Ravishing maidens : writing rape in medieval French literature and law / / Kathryn Gravdal Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 1991
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 192 pages)
Disciplina: 840.9/355/0902
Soggetto topico: 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
Soggetto geografico: France Social conditions 987-1515
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.
Titolo autorizzato: Ravishing maidens  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-21081-9
9786613210814
0-8122-0033-0
0-585-17262-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910778980403321
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Serie: New cultural studies series.