Medieval monstrosity and the female body / by Sarah Alison Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Sarah Alison.

Series:

Routledge studies in medieval religion and culture ; 8.

Routledge studies in medieval religion and culture ; v. 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Julian, of Norwich, 1343- Revelations of divine love.

Julian.

De vetula.

De secretis mulierum.

Literature, Medieval--History and criticism.

Literature, Medieval.

Monsters in literature.

Human body in literature.

Women in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The medieval monster is a slippery construct, and its referents include a range of religious, racial, and corporeal aberrations. In this study, Miller argues that one incarnation of monstrosity in the Middle Ages-the female body-exists in special relation to medieval teratology insofar as it resists the customary marginalization that defined most other monstrous groups in the Middle Ages. Though medieval maps located the monstrous races on the distant margins of the civilized world, the monstrous female body took the form of mother, sister, wife, and daughter. It was, therefore, pervasive,

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: The Monstrous Borders of the Female Body; Part I Ovidian Poetry; 1 Virgins, Mothers, and Monsters: Ovidian and Pseudo-Ovidian Bodies; Part II Gynecology; 2 Gynecological Secrets: Blood, Seed, and Monstrous Births in De Secretis Mulierum; Part III Mystical Theology; 3 Monstrous Love: The Permeable Body of Christ in Julian of Norwich's Showings; Conclusion: The Monstrous Borders of the Self; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-92350-0

0-203-84491-2

9780203844915

OCLC:

658058508