Eloquent Virgins : The Rhetoric of Virginity from Thecla to Joan of Arc
by
M. McInerney
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
The New Middle Ages
ISBN-10
0312223501
ISBN-13
9780312223502
Publisher
St Martin's Press
Imprint
St Martin's Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 24th, 2003
Print length
250 Pages
Weight
416 grams
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The tales of the virgin martyrs inevitably emphasize the torture and mutilation of beautiful young women. This book explores the ability of the virgin body to generate contradictory meanings, both repressive and liberating, depending on who told the tale and how it was told.
The tales of the virgin martyrs typically emphasize the torture and mutilation of beautiful young women. To the modern reader, these medieval texts seem like exercises in sadism, but they also provided Medieval women such as Hildegard of Bingen and Joan of Arc with role models who helped them to shape their own extraordinary destinies. This book explores the ability of the virgin body to generate contradictory meanings, both repressive and liberating, depending on who told the tale and how it was told.
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