Virgin whore
(Book)
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Published
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.
ISBN
9781501730337, 1501730339
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Prairie State College - Stacks | PR275.M38 S65 2018 | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Christian drama, English (Middle) -- History and criticism.
English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism.
Mary, -- Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Devotion to -- England -- History.
Mary, -- Blessed Virgin, Saint -- In literature.
Sex -- England -- History -- To 1500.
Women -- England -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500.
English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism.
Mary, -- Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Devotion to -- England -- History.
Mary, -- Blessed Virgin, Saint -- In literature.
Sex -- England -- History -- To 1500.
Women -- England -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500.
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Published
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xi, 275 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781501730337, 1501730339
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"In Virgin Whore, Emma Maggie Solberg uncovers a surprisingly prevalent theme in late English medieval literature and culture: the celebration of the Virgin Mary's sexuality. Although history is narrated as a progressive loss of innocence, the Madonna has grown purer with each passing century. Looking to a period before the idea of her purity and virginity had ossified, Solberg uncovers depictions and interpretations of Mary, discernible in jokes and insults, icons and rituals, prayers and revelations, allegories and typologies--and in late medieval vernacular biblical drama ... By revealing the presence of this promiscuous Virgin in early English drama and late medieval literature and culture--in dirty jokes told by Boccaccio and Chaucer, Malory's Arthurian romances, and the double entendres of the allegorical Mystic Hunt of the Unicorn--Solberg provides a new understanding of Marian traditions"--,Publisher's Web site.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Solberg, E. M. (2018). Virgin whore . Cornell University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Solberg, Emma Maggie. 2018. Virgin Whore. Cornell University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Solberg, Emma Maggie. Virgin Whore Cornell University Press, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Solberg, Emma Maggie. Virgin Whore Cornell University Press, 2018.
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