The semiotics of rape in Renaissance English literature
By: Lee A. Ritscher.
Series: Berkeley insights in linguistics and semiotics -- v. 66
Publisher: Peter Lang; Lang Publishing, Incorporated, Peter
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 124
ISBN-13: 9780820497372
Subjects: English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism; Rape in literature; Sex crimes in literature; Women in literature; Chastity in literature; Law and literature -- England -- History -- 16th century; Law and literature -- England -- History -- 17th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.   ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: why rape narratives matter; title: The influence of misogyny on early English rape laws; title: The rape of Philomela : silence and speech; title: The rape of Lucrece and the destruction of the feminine ideal; title: The appetite for violence against women : the case of Lavinia in Titus Andronicus.