Rape and Ravishment in the Literature of Medieval England

by Corinne J. Saunders

This work explores and untangles the theme of rape, and its counterpart ravishment, in Anglo-French cultural tradition between the disintegration of the classical world and the Renaissance. Tracing debate and dialogue across intellectual and literary discourses, Corinne Saunders places Middle English literary portrayals of rape and ravishment in the context of shifting legal, theological and medical attitudes. The treatment of rape and ravishment...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0859916103
• ISBN13: 9780859916103
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.6"