Virginity Revisited Configurations of the Unpossessed Body |
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| Editor:
| Fletcher, Judith
MacLachlan, Bonnie |
| Series title: | Phoenix Supplementary Volumes Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4426-8510-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2016 |
| Publisher: | University of Toronto Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $83.00 |
Book Description:
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This is a study of the positive and negative features of sexual renunciation, from ancient Greek divinities and mythical women, in Rome's Vestal Virgins, in the Christian martyrs and Mariology in the Medieval and early Modern period, and in Grace Marks, the heroine of Margaret Atwood's novel Alias Grace.
This is a study of the positive and negative features of sexual renunciation, from ancient Greek divinities and mythical women, in Rome's Vestal Virgins, in the Christian martyrs and Mariology in the Medieval and early Modern period, and in Grace Marks, the heroine of Margaret Atwood's novel Alias Grace.