The Afterlives of Rape in Medieval English Literature

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The New Middle Ages

ISBN: 1137364815
ISBN 13: 9781137364814
Autor: Edwards, S
Verlag: Springer Verlag GmbH
Umfang: xvii, 193 S.
Erscheinungsdatum: 30.01.2016
Auflage: 1/2016
Produktform: Gebunden/Hardback
Einband: Gebunden

From devotional literature to political narratives, medieval texts propose that survivors of sexual violence have privileged moral, ethical, and spiritual insight. The Afterlives of Rape in Medieval English Literature explores these discourses of survival in a wide range of texts, including letters of spiritual advice, legal statutes and cases, saints‘ lives, romances, theological summae, and legendary histories. Edwards argues that understanding the literary history of survival as distinct from the history of rape highlights the ethical importance of attending to violence against women as well as the costs of reifying gender difference and its traumatic identifications – both in our study of the past and in contemporary feminist politics.

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Beschreibung

From devotional literature to political narratives, medieval texts propose that sexual violence victims have privileged moral, ethical, and spiritual insight. This book explores these discourses of survival in a wide range of medieval English texts, including letters of spiritual advice, legal cases, romances, and legendary histories.

Autorenporträt

Suzanne M. Edwards is Assistant Professor of English at Lehigh University, USA.

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