Author : Corinne J. Saunders
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0859916103
Rape and Ravishment in the Literature of Medieval England by Corinne J. Saunders Pdf
"The study then considers the treatment of rape and ravishment in a range of literary genres: in hagiography, female saints are repeatedly threatened with rape; the stories of Lucretia and Helen underpin legendary history; the acts of rape and ravishment challenge and shape chivalric order in romance; otherworldly rapes result in the conception of romance heroes. The final two chapters examine the ways in which Malory and Chaucer write and rewrite rape and ravishment."--BOOK JACKET.