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  1. Rape and ravishment in the literature of medieval England
    Author: Saunders, Corinne J.
    Published: c2001
    Publisher:  D.S. Brewer, Cambridge

    This work explores and untangles the theme of rape, and its counterpart ravishment, in Anglo-French cultural tradition between the disintegration of the classical world and the Renaissance. Tracing debate and dialogue across intellectual and literary... more

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    Hochschulbibliothek Friedensau
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    This work explores and untangles the theme of rape, and its counterpart ravishment, in Anglo-French cultural tradition between the disintegration of the classical world and the Renaissance. Tracing debate and dialogue across intellectual and literary discourses, Corinne Saunders places Middle English literary portrayals of rape and ravishment in the context of shifting legal, theological and medical attitudes

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0859916103; 9780859916103
    Subjects: Romances, English; Sex crimes in literature; Women and literature; Women in literature; Women; English literature; Rape in literature; Christian women saints; Hagiography; Rape
    Scope: Online-Ressource (343 p)
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    Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-336) and index

    Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

    Rape and Ravishment; CONTENTS; Introduction; Secular Law: Rape and Raptus; The Church; The Threat of Rape: Saintly Women; Legendary History; Middle English Romance; Malory's Morte Darthur; Chaucer's Narrative of Rape; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX