Practising shame : female honour in later medieval England /

Practicing shame' investigates how the literature of medieval England encouraged women to safeguard their honour by cultivating hypervigilance against the possibility of sexual shame. A combination of inward reflection and outward comportment, this practice of 'shamefastness' was beli...

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Main Author:	Flannery, Mary Catherine (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2020.
Series:	Manchester medieval literature and culture ; 29.
Subjects:	English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism. Honor in literature. Shame in literature. Women and literature > England > History > To 1500. Women > England > History > Middle Ages, 500-1500. England > Medieval. Honor > England > History > To 1500. Shame > England > History > To 1500. Women > Middle Ages. Women and literature. Shame. English literature > Middle English. Honor. England. Ehre. Frau. To 1500 History. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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