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Record Number:
3753
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Chewning , Susannah Mary.
Contributor(s):
Title:
The Paradox of Virginity within the Anchoritic Tradition: The Masculine Gaze and the Feminine Body in the "Wohunge" Group
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 113 - 134.
Description:
Article Type:
Essay
Subject
(See Also)
:
Anchoresses
Ancrene Wisse, Middle English Devotional Work
Body
Gaze
Gender in Literature
Literature- Prose
Literature- Verse
Masculinization
Mystics
Ureisun of Oure Louerde, Middle English Devotional Work
Virginity in Literature
Wohunge Group, Middle Engl
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
British Isles
Century:
13
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Abstract:
Related Resources:
Continuing the discussion of virgins' submission or empowerment through the infliction of pain and torture, Susannah Mary Chewning investigates the dynamic of suffering in The Paradox of Virginity Within the Anchoritic Tradition." Examining texts in the W
Author's Affiliation:
Kean College and Montclair State College
Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
1999.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
0312211368