Medieval Monstrosity & the Female Body

Zusatztext "This is a fine! stimulating book which constructs a subtle! complex argument not only about monsters! but the theorizing of men and women in the thirteenth and fourtteenth centuries."-- The Medieval Review"Makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the complex workings of medieval teratological discourse! its constructive and deconstructive capacities! and its role within the formation of medieval socioreligious material and textual identities."- Journal of British Studies Informationen zum Autor Sarah Alison Miller is as assistant professor of Classics at Duquesne University. Klappentext In this study, Miller argues that one incarnation of monstrosity in the Middle Ages-the female body-exists in special relation to medieval conceptualizations of the monstrous. Because female corporeality is pervasive, proximate, and necessary, it resists marginalization, and thus illustrates the allure and danger of the monster. Zusammenfassung Miller argues that one incarnation of monstrosity in the Middle Ages—the female body—exists in special relation to medieval conceptualizations of the monstrous. Because female corporeality is pervasive, proximate, and necessary, it illustrates the supreme allure and danger of the monster, thereby highlighting the powers and problems of teratology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction: The Monstrous Borders of the Female Body 1: Ovidian Poetry, Virgins, Mothers, and Monsters: Ovidian and Pseudo-Ovidian Bodies 2: Gynecology, Gynecological Secrets: Blood, Seed, and Monstrous Births in De secretis mulierum 3: Mystical Theology, Monstrous Love: The Permeable Body of Christ in Julian of Norwich’s Showings Conclusion: The Monstrous Borders of the Self Notes Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Sarah Alison Miller, Sarah Alison (Duquesne University Miller, Miller Sarah Alison
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.06.2010
• EAN: 9780415873598
• ISBN: 978-0-415-87359-8
• No. of pages: 242
• Series: Routledge Studies in Medieval Religion and Culture; Routledge Studies in Medieval; Routledge Studies in Medieval Religion and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, HISTORY / Women, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, c 1000 CE to c 1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Gender studies: women and girls, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval