Medieval monstrosity and the female body [electronic resource] /
by Sarah Alison Miller.
- New York : Routledge, 2010.
- 1 online resource (xi, 213 p.)
- Routledge studies in medieval religion and culture ; 8 .
- Routledge studies in medieval religion and culture ; 8. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9780203844915 (ebk : PDF)
Julian, of Norwich, b. 1343. Revelations of divine love.
De vetula. De secretis mulierum.
Literature, Medieval--History and criticism. Monsters in literature. Human body in literature. Women in literature.