Menacing virgins : representing virginity in the Middle Ages and Renaissance
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Kelly, Kathleen Coyne.
Leslie, Marina.
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PN682.V56 M46 1999
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Subjects

LC Subjects
European literature -- Renaissance, 1450-1600 -- History and criticism.
Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism.
Virginity in literature.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
European literature -- Renaissance.
Literature, Medieval.
Virginity in literature.
Other Subjects
Aufsatzsammlung.
Essays.
European literature -- Renaissance, 1450-1600 -- History and criticism.
Jungfräulichkeit
Literatur
Literature -- history
Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism.
Littérature européenne -- 1450-1600 (Renaissance) -- Histoire et critique.
Littérature médiévale -- Histoire et critique.
Sexual Abstinence -- in art.
Virginity in literature.
Virginité dans la littérature.

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Book
Physical Desc
246 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English

Notes

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-240) and index.
Description
"The essays in Menacing Virgins: Representing Virginity in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance examine the nexus of religious, political, economic, and aesthetic values that produce the Western European myth of virginity, and explore how those complex cultural forces animate, empower, discipline, disclose, mystify, and menace the virginal body. As the title suggests, the virgin can be seen alternately or even simultaneously as menaced or menacing."--BOOK JACKET. "To chart the history of virginity as a steady, evolutionary progression from a religious ideal in the Middle Ages toward a more secularized or sovereign ideal in the Renaissance would obscure how unstable a concept chastity is in both periods. What this collection demonstrates is that medieval and early modern attitudes toward virginity are not general and evolutionary, but specific, changeable, and often conflicted."--Jacket.
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Also issued online.
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SACFinal081324

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Kelly, K. C., & Leslie, M. (1999). Menacing virgins: representing virginity in the Middle Ages and Renaissance . University of Delaware Press ; Associated University Presses.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Kelly, Kathleen Coyne and Marina. Leslie. 1999. Menacing Virgins: Representing Virginity in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Newark [Del.] : London: University of Delaware Press ; Associated University Presses.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Kelly, Kathleen Coyne and Marina. Leslie. Menacing Virgins: Representing Virginity in the Middle Ages and Renaissance Newark [Del.] : London: University of Delaware Press ; Associated University Presses, 1999.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Kelly, K. C. and Leslie, M. (1999). Menacing virgins: representing virginity in the middle ages and renaissance. Newark [Del.] : London: University of Delaware Press ; Associated University Presses.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Kelly, Kathleen Coyne., and Marina Leslie. Menacing Virgins: Representing Virginity in the Middle Ages and Renaissance University of Delaware Press ; Associated University Presses, 1999.

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