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Virgin whore / Emma Maggie Solberg.

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"In Virgin Whore, Emma Maggie Solberg uncovers a surprisingly prevalent theme in late English medieval literature and culture: the celebration of the Virgin Mary's sexuality. Although history is narrated as a progressive loss of innocence, the Madonna has grown purer with each passing cent...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Solberg, Emma Maggie (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Mary, > Blessed Virgin, Saint > In literature.
Mary, > Blessed Virgin, Saint > Devotion to > England > History.
English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism.
Christian drama, English (Middle) > History and criticism.
Women > England > History > Middle Ages, 500-1500.
Sex > England > History > To 1500.
Mary, > Blessed Virgin, Saint.
Christian drama, English (Middle)
Devotion.
English literature > Middle English.
Literature.
Sex.
Women > Middle Ages.
England.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • The many fathers of Jesus Christ
  • Testing the chastity of the divine adulteress
  • The second Eve
  • Imitations of the virgin
  • Promiscuous mercy
  • The Whore of Babylon.

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