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Ravishing maidens : writing rape in medieval French literature and law / Kathryn Gravdal.
De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gravdal, Kathryn.
- Series:
- New cultural studies series.
- New cultural studies series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- French literature--To 1500--History and criticism.
- French literature.
- Women--Crimes against--France--History--To 1500.
- Women.
- Women and literature--France--History--To 1500.
- Women and literature.
- Women--France--History--Middle Ages, 500-1500.
- Rape--France--History--To 1500.
- Rape.
- Rape victims in literature.
- Sex crimes in literature.
- Rape in literature.
- Law, Medieval.
- France--Social conditions--987-1515.
- France.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 192 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1991.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Second paperback printing 1995.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-187) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613210814
- 9781283210812
- 1283210819
- 9780812200331
- 0812200330
- 9780585172620
- 0585172625
- OCLC:
- 44963651
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