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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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Gravdal, Kathryn (Author)
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglês
Publicado em: [Philadelphia] : University of Pennsylvania Press [1991]
Colecção:New cultural studies series.
Acesso em linha:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt3fhdm5
Sumário:
  • 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.