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Versions of virginity in late medieval England /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Salih, Sarah, 1967-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : D.S. Brewer, 2001.
Subjects:
English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism.
Women and literature > England > History > To 1500.
Virginity > Religious aspects > Christianity > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Monasticism and religious orders for women > England > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Monastic and religious life of women > England > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Christian literature, English (Middle) > History and criticism.
Women > Religious life > England > History > To 1500.
Kempe, Margery, > approximately 1373- > Book of Margery Kempe.
Christian hagiography > History > To 1500.
Christian saints in literature.
Virginity in literature.
Kempe, Margery.
Letterkunde.
Middelengels.
Maagdelijkheid.
Christelijke literatuur.
Heiligen.
Vrouwen.
Online Access:Table of Contents
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction
  • Scope of the Study
  • The Critical Map
  • Narratives of Virginity
  • 2. Perpetual Incorruption in Corruptible Flesh: Towards a Theory of
  • Virginity
  • Medieval Terms
  • Modem Terms
  • 3. Performing Virginity: The Katherine Group
  • Binaries of Sanctity
  • Virgin Martyr Legends
  • The AB Texts
  • Virgins and Romance
  • Sponsae Christi
  • Sex, Violence and Spectacle
  • More Hagiographic Virginities
  • 4. Containing Virginity: The Veil and the Wall
  • Some Parameters
  • Gendering Nuns
  • The Monastic Self in the Community
  • The Veil and the Virgin Individual
  • The Wall and the Virgin Community
  • The Nun of Watton
  • 5. Like A Virgin? The Book of Margery Kempe
  • Placing Margery
  • Modes and Techniques of the Book
  • Reclaiming Yirginity
  • Hagiographic and Other Models
  • Margery and the Virgin Martyrs
  • Continuities and Ruptures
  • Martyrdom and Closure
  • Suffering and Penitence
  • Martyrdom by Slander
  • White Clothes
  • Relationships, Sexuality and Desire
  • Final Remarks
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.