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Performing Virginity and Testing Chastity in the Middle Ages (Routledge Research in Medieval Studies)
by Kelly, Kathleen Coyne
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0415758246
- ISBN 13
- 9780415758246
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About This Item
Abingdon: Routledge, 2014. First Paperback Edition . Softcover. Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Softcover copy which is clean and bright with uncreased spine. White page edges with one minor mark to top. 14 pages have minor marginal annotations in ballpoint pen but contents o/w clean, white, tight and fresh. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This book challenges the belief that female virginity can be reliably and unambiguously defined, tested and verified. Kelly analyses a variety of medieval Western European texts - including medical treatises and their Classical antecedents - and historical and legal documents. The main focus is the representation of both male and female virgins in saints' legends and romances. The author also makes a comparative study of examples from contemporary fiction, television and film in which testing virginity is a theme. Performing Virginity and Testing Chastity in the Middle Ages presents a compelling and provocative study of the paradox of bodily and spiritual integrity as both presence and absence. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.
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- Bookseller
- Bath and West Books (PBFA)
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Performing Virginity and Testing Chastity in the Middle Ages (Routledge Research in Medieval Studies)
- Author
- Kelly, Kathleen Coyne
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket As Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0415758246
- ISBN 13
- 9780415758246
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Place of Publication
- Abingdon
- Date Published
- 2014
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- History; Literary Criticism; Theology & Religions; Sexuality in Literature; Medieval History; Medieval Culture
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Bath and West Books is an online/mail order business owned by Jo West and based just outside the city of Bath. I have been dealing in antiquarian and secondhand books since 2003 and I buy and sell books on a wide variety of subjects with particular interests in Literature and Poetry, The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Modern Firsts, History, Politics, Children's and Illustrated Books, Travel, Art, Fine Bindings, Literary Sets, the Folio Society and anything unusual and interesting. Please visit www.BathandWestBooks.co.uk for further information. You can also follow us at Twitter.com/BathWestBooks.
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