Medieval monstrosity and the female body
By: by Sarah Alison Miller.
Series: Routledge studies in medieval religion and culture -- v. 8
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415873598
Subjects: Julian, -- of Norwich, -- b. 1343; De vetula; De secretis mulierum; Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism; Monsters in literature; Human body in literature; Women in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the monstrous borders of the female body; title: Ovidian poetry; title: Virgins, mothers, and monsters: Ovidian and pseudo-Ovidian bodies; title: Gynecology; title: Gynecological secrets: blood, seed, and monstrous births in De secretis mulierum; title: Mystical theology; title: Monstrous love: the permeable body of Christ in Julian of Norwich's showings; title: Conclusion: the monstrous borders of the self.