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Record Number: 9694 Author(s)/Creator(s): Amsler , Mark. Contributor(s): Title: Rape and Silence: Ovid's Mythography and Medieval Readers Source: Representing Rape in Medieval and Early Modern Literature.  Edited by Elizabeth Robertson and Christine M. Rose.  The New Middle Ages Series. Palgrave, 2001.  Pages 61 - 96. Description: Article Type: Essay Subject (See Also): Allegory Bersuire, Pierre, Theologian Chaucer, Geoffrey, Poet Christine de Pizan, Poet- Epistre d'Othea a Hector Classical Influences Award Note: Geographic Area: General;British Isles;France Century: 14- 15 Primary Evidence: Illustrations: Medieval mythographers allegorized Ovid's rape narratives as stories of cosmological creation or spiritual desire, or else they erased rape altogether from their interpretations of "Metamorphoses." However, Christine de Pizan intertextually rewrote Daphne's assault as a disfigurement of the female body, while Chaucer's "Legend of Philomela" problematizes affective reading in texts about sexual violence. [Reproduced by permission of Palgrave]. Table: Abstract: Related Resources: Mark Amsler, in "Rape and Silence: Ovid's Mythography and Medieval Readers," shows that despite the interest of Ovid's late medieval commentators in ethical questions, they don't engage very deeply with important shifts in legal terminology. Berchorius's Author's Affiliation: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 2001. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: 0312236484

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