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The curse of Eve, the wound of the hero : blood, gender, and medieval literature / Peggy McCracken.
LIBRA PN682.B56 M38 2003
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McCracken, Peggy.
- Series:
- Middle Ages series
- The Middle Ages series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literature, Medieval--History and criticism.
- Literature, Medieval.
- Blood in literature.
- Sex role in literature.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 178 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- "This interesting comparative study of the relationship between blood and gender in medieval literature considers how blood is associated with cultural values and how those values might be understood in light of blood's ubiquity as a metaphor and literal agent. . . . . Recommended."--"Choice"
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [119]-171) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Given to the Penn Libraries by Margy Ellin Meyerson in memory of her husband, President Emeritus Martin Meyerson.
- ISBN:
- 0812237137
- OCLC:
- 50919822
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