Virgin Whore / / Emma Maggie Solberg.

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 century. L...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
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Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (294 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. The Many Fathers of Jesus Christ
  • Chapter 2. Testing the Chastity of the Divine Adulteress
  • Chapter 3. The Second Eve
  • Chapter 4. Imitations of the Virgin
  • Chapter 5. Promiscuous Mercy
  • Chapter 6. The Whore of Babylon
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index