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Ravishing Maidens : Writing Rape in Medieval French Literature and Law / Kathryn Gravdal.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: New Cultural StudiesPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2010]Copyright date: ©1991Description: 1 online resource (192 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780812213157
  • 9780812200331
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 840.9/355/0902 20
LOC classification:
  • PQ155.W6 G7 1991eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- 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
Summary: 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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780812200331

Frontmatter -- 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

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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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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