Ravishing Maidens: Writing Rape in Medieval French Literature and Law

Ravishing Maidens: Writing Rape in Medieval French Literature and Law

Author
Kathryn Gravdal
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Language
English
Year
2010
Page
192
ISBN
9780812200331
File Type
pdf
File Size
9.0 MiB

In this study of sexual violence and rape in French medieval literature and law, Kathryn Gravdal examines an array of famous works never before analyzed in connection with sexual violence. Gravdal demonstrates the variety of techniques through which medieval discourse made rape acceptable: sometimes through humor and aestheticization, sometimes through the use of social and political themes, but especially through the romanticism of rape scenes.

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