The Afterlives of Rape in Medieval English Literature

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-36481-4
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 193 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 406 g

Reihe: The New Middle Ages

From devotional literature to political narratives, medieval texts propose that sexual violence victims have privileged moral, ethical, and spiritual insight. This book explores these discourses of survival in a wide range of medieval English texts, including letters of spiritual advice, legal cases, romances, and legendary histories.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Edwards, S.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatursoziologie, Gender Studies

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Discourses of Survival
1. Rape Survivors and Living Martyrs in the Lives of Holy Women
2. Looking at 'Strange Women': Pedagogies of Sexual Violence in Anchoritic Literature
3. Outrage Against Rape and the Battle Over Survival in Fourteenth-Century Legal Discourse and the Wife of Bath's Tale
4. Ravished Wives, Sovereignty, and Political Reform
Afterword: Afterlives in the Twenty-First Century

Über Autor(innen)

Suzanne M. Edwards is Assistant Professor of English at Lehigh University, USA.