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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主要作者: Gravdal, Kathryn (Author)
格式: Licensed eBooks
语言:英语
出版: [Philadelphia] : University of Pennsylvania Press [1991]
丛编:New cultural studies series.
在线阅读:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt3fhdm5
书本目录:
  • 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.