TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gravdal,Kathryn
TI  - Ravishing Maidens: Writing Rape in Medieval French Literature and Law 
T2  - New Cultural Studies
SN  - 9780812213157
AV  - PQ155.W6 G7 1991eb
U1  - 840.9/355/0902 20
PY  - 2010///]
CY  - Philadelphia : 
PB  - University of Pennsylvania Press, 
KW  - French literature
KW  - To 1500
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Rape
KW  - France
KW  - History
KW  - Women
KW  - Crimes against
KW  - Middle Ages, 500-1500
KW  - Cultural Studies
KW  - Literature
KW  - Medieval and Renaissance Studies
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - 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; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - 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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