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Representing Rape in Medieval and Early Modern Literature 1st Edition

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Full Title

Representing Rape in Medieval and Early Modern Literature 1st Edition

Author(s)

Christine M. Rose, Elizabeth Robertson

Edition

1st Edition

ISBN

9781137104489, 9781349631162, 9780312236489

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Format

PDF and EPUB

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.