Screen LibraryThe curse of eve, the wound of the hero : blood, gender, and medieval literature /
"This interesting comparative study of the relationship between blood and gender in medieval literature considers how blood is associated with cultural values and how those values might be understood in light of blood's ubiquity as a metaphor and literal agent..... Recommended." Choic...
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2003] ©2003 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
The middle ages series
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| Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812202755 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9780812202755.jpg |
| Summary: |
"This interesting comparative study of the relationship between blood and gender in medieval literature considers how blood is associated with cultural values and how those values might be understood in light of blood's ubiquity as a metaphor and literal agent..... Recommended." Choice. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (200 pages) : illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9780812202755 |
| Index Number: | PN682 |
| CLC: | I0-05 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Only Women Bleed -- 2 The Amenorrhea of War -- 3 The Gender of Sacrifice -- 4 Menstruation and Monstrous Birth -- 5 The Scene of Parturition -- 6 The Grail and Its Hosts -- Conclusion: Bleeding for Love -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments. |