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Record Number: 2656 Author(s)/Creator(s): Otter , Monika. Contributor(s): Title: Closed Doors: An Epithalamium for Queen Edith, Widow and Virgin 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 63 - 92. Description: Article Type: Essay Subject (See Also): Edith, Wife of Edward the Confessor, King of England Fertility Latin Literature Laudatory Literature Literature- Verse Mary, Virgin, Saint in Literature Queens in Literature Rhetoric Virginity in Literature Vita Aedwardi Regis, Latin History Widows in Lit Award Note: Geographic Area: British Isles Century: 11 Primary Evidence: Illustrations: Table: Abstract: Related Resources: The final essay in this section, Closed Doors: an Epithalamium for Queen Edith, Widow and Virgin," by Monika Otter, examines further the paradoxical conflation of widowhood and virginity within the same person. Otter examines the representation of Edith's Author's Affiliation: Dartmouth College Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 1999. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: 0312211368

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