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  • Record Number: 12958
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Callahan , Leslie Abend.
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  • Title: The Widow's Tears: The Pedagogy of Grief in Medieval France and the Image of the Grieving Widow
  • Source: Constructions of Widowhood and Virginity in the Middle Ages.  Edited by Cindy L. Carlson and Angela Jane Weisl.  St. Martin's Press, 1999.  Pages 245 - 263.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Mourning Sexuality in Literature Tears Widows in Literature Women in Literature
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  • Geographic Area: France
  • Century: 11-12
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  • Related Resources: Likewise, in The Widow's Tears: The Pedagogy of Grief in Medieval France and the Image of the Grieving Widow," Leslie Abend Callahan discusses the paradox of the widow's grief, which in moderation constitutes appropriate conduct, but in excess suggests a
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  • Year of Publication: 1999.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0312211368