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Record Number: 9637 Author(s)/Creator(s): Straus , Barrie Ruth. Contributor(s): Title: Freedom Through Renunciation? Women's Voices, Women's Bodies, and the Phallic Order [female literary characters who want to abstain from sex]. Source: Desire and Discipline: Sex and Sexuality in the Premodern West.  Edited by Jacqueline Murray and Konrad Eisenbichler.  University of Toronto Press, 1996.  Pages 245 - 264. Description: Article Type: Essay Subject (See Also): Body Chastity in Literature Chaucer, Geoffrey, Poet- Canterbury Tales- Knight's Tale Chaucer, Geoffrey, Poet- Parliament of Fowls Kempe, Margery, Mystic Literature- Prose Literature- Verse Mystics Sexuality in Literature Women in Literature Award Note: Geographic Area: British Isles Century: 14- 15 Primary Evidence: Illustrations: Table: Abstract: Author's Affiliation: University of Windsor Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 1996. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: 0802007805

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