Ravishing maidens : writing rape in medieval French literature and law /

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...

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Bibliografski detalji
Glavni autor: Gravdal, Kathryn (Autor)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Jezik:engleski
Izdano: [Philadelphia] : University of Pennsylvania Press [1991]
Serija:New cultural studies series.
Online pristup:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt3fhdm5
Sadržaj:
  • Introduction: The archaeology of rape in medieval literature and law
  • Plotting rape in the female saints' lives
  • The poetics of rape law: Chrétien de Troyes's Arthurian romance
  • Replaying rape: feudal law on trial in Le Roman de Renart
  • The game of rape: sexual violence and social class in the Pastourelle
  • The complicity of law and literature.