Representing Rape in Medieval and Early Modern Literature
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Representing Rape in Medieval and Early Modern Literature

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Representing Rape in Medieval and Early Modern Literature

About this book

In thirteen studies of representations of rape in Medieval and Early Modern literature by such authors as Chaucer, Shakespeare and Spenser, this volume argues that some form of sexual violence against women serves as a foundation of Western culture. The volume has two purposes: first, to explore the resistance these pervasive representations generate and have generated for readers - especially for the female reader- and second, to explore what these representations tell us about social formations governing the relationships between men and women. More particularly, Rose and Robertson are interested in how representations of rape manifest a given culture's understanding of the female subject in society.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Title
  4. Dedication
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. Series Editor's Foreword
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Permissions
  10. Introduction
  11. PART I READING AND TEACHING RAPE
  12. PART II THE PHILOMEL LEGACY
  13. PART III LAW, CONSENT, SUBJECTIVITY
  14. PART IV READING RAPE: THE CANONICAL ARTIST, THE FEMINIST READER, AND MALE POETICS
  15. Works Cited
  16. Contributors
  17. Index