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Medieval monstrosity and the female body [electronic resource] / by Sarah Alison Miller.

By: Miller, Sarah Alison.
Series: Routledge studies in medieval religion and culture: 8.Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2010Description: 1 online resource (xi, 213 p.).ISBN: 9780203844915 (ebk : PDF).Subject(s): 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 literatureGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No title; No titleDDC classification: 809.02 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; Also available in print edition.
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.
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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.

Also available in print edition.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.