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Ravishing Maidens : Writing Rape in Medieval French Literature and Law.

Gravdal, Kathryn.

Ravishing Maidens : Writing Rape in Medieval French Literature and Law. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (204 pages) - New Cultural Studies . - New Cultural Studies .

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Archeology of Rape in Medieval Literature and Law -- 1. Plotting Rape in the Female Saints' Lives -- 2. The Poetics of Rape Law: Chrétien de Troyes's Arthurian Romance -- 3. Replaying Rape: Feudal Law on Trial in Le Roman de Renart -- 4. The Game of Rape: Sexual Violence and Social Class in the Pastourelle -- 5. The Complicity of Law and Literature -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

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French literature-To 1500-History and criticism.
Women-Crimes against-France-History-To 1500.
Women and literature-France-History-To 1500.
Women-France-History-Middle Ages, 500-1500.
Rape-France-History-To 1500.
Rape victims in literature.
Sex crimes in literature.
Rape in literature.
Law, Medieval.
France-Social conditions-987-1515.


Electronic books.

PQ155.W6 -- G7 1991eb

840.9/355/0902

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