The serpent and the rose
Subtitle: the Immaculate Conception and Hispanic poetry in the late medieval period
By: by Lesley K. Twomey.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9789004165953
Subjects: Mary, -- Blessed Virgin, Saint -- In literature; Spanish poetry -- To 1500 -- History and criticism; Christian poetry, Spanish -- History and criticism; Immaculate Conception -- In literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Conception liturgies : In praise of the rose; title: Good and evil : theological debate about Mary; title: "Discordans d'opinio" :  literary discord in Spain; title: The serpent crushed; title: The Immaculate Virgin : matchless maiden; title: The rose-garden : beauty and purity; title: The rose : perfect from the beginning of time; title: The new Eve; title: The Virgin and the kiss : apocryphal birth; title: Narratives and the Immaculate Conception.