Title Medieval monstrosity and the female body / Sarah Alison Miller

Published New York : Routledge, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (213 pages) Series Routledge studies in medieval religion and culture ; 8 Routledge studies in medieval religion and culture ; 8. Contents Introduction: the monstrous borders of the female body -- Ovidian poetry -- Virgins, mothers, and monsters: Ovidian and pseudo-Ovidian bodies -- Gynecology -- Gynecological secrets: blood, seed, and monstrous births in De secretis mulierum -- Mystical theology -- Monstrous love: the permeable body of Christ in Julian of Norwich's showings -- Conclusion: the monstrous borders of the self Summary Argues that one incarnation of monstrosity in the Middle Ages - the female body - exists in special relation to medieval conceptualizations of the monstrous Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-204) and index Notes Print version record Subject Julian, of Norwich, 1343- Revelations of divine love. SUBJECT De vetula. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97040977 De secretis mulierum. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85044565 De secretis mulierum fast De vetula fast Revelations of divine love (Julian, of Norwich) fast Subject Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism. Monsters in literature. Human body in literature. Women in literature. Generative organs, Female. Women -- history Social Stigma Genitalia, Female Social Values -- history TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Literary. LITERARY CRITICISM -- General. Generative organs, Female Human body in literature Literature, Medieval Monsters in literature Women in literature Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780203844915 0203844912 0415873592 9780415873598

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