The virgin and the bride
Subtitle: idealized womanhood in late antiquity
By: Kate Cooper.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
Subjects: Latin literature -- History and criticism.; Women and literature -- Rome.; Christian literature, Early -- Latin authors -- History and criticism.; Christian hagiography -- History -- To 1500.; Christianity and literature -- Rome.; Christian saints in literature.; Literature and society -- Rome.; Married women in literature.; Social values in literature.; Virginity in literature.; Women in literature.; Women -- Rome.; Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-175) and index.