The Curse of Eve, the Wound of the Hero : Blood, Gender, and Medieval Literature.
Title:
The Curse of Eve, the Wound of the Hero : Blood, Gender, and Medieval Literature.
Author:
McCracken, Peggy.
ISBN:
9780812202755
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (191 pages)
Series:
The Middle Ages Series
Contents:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- preface -- 1. Only Women Bleed -- 2. The Amenorrhea of War -- 3. The Gender of Sacrifice -- 4. Menstruation and Monstrous Birth -- 5. The Scene of Parturition -- 6. The Grail and Its Hosts -- Conclusion: Bleeding for Love -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
Abstract:
"This interesting comparative study of the relationship between blood and gender in medieval literature considers how blood is associated with cultural values and how those values might be understood in light of blood's ubiquity as a metaphor and literal agent. . . . . Recommended."-Choice.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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