ENGLISH

Representing Rape in Medieval and Early Modern Literature

By Elizabeth Robertson , Christine M. Rose (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan US
Year
2001
ISBN
978-1-349-63116-2, 978-1-137-10448-9
DOI
10.1007/978-1-137-10448-9
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
24 MB (25307626 bytes)
Series
The New Middle Ages
Edition
1
Pages
IX, 453\448
Time added
2016-11-20 09:00:00
Medieval Literature; History of Medieval Europe; C

Description

In thirteen studies of representations of rape in Medieval and Early Modern literature by such authors as Chaucer, Shakespeare and Spenser, this volume argues that some form of sexual violence against women serves as a foundation of Western culture. The volume has two purposes: first, to explore the resistance these pervasive representations generate and have generated for readers - especially for the female reader- and second, to explore what these representations tell us about social formations governing the relationships between men and women. More particularly, Rose and Robertson are interested in how representations of rape manifest a given culture's understanding of the female subject in society.

Similar books