To be a virgin or a widow never promised a stable, uniform status to a woman during the Middle Ages. Rather, these positions were areas open to debate, constructions that did and still do create and question notions of gender roles, areas of power, and areas of disability. Constructions of Widowhood and Virginity in the Middle Ages addresses many facets of these two female positions in medieval literature: gender constructions; the body and what it means to make it visible, whether in admiration, torture, or martyrdom; issues of physicality and abjection; creations of literary voice for women...
To be a virgin or a widow never promised a stable, uniform status to a woman during the Middle Ages. Rather, these positions were areas open to debate...
Cindy Carlson Kathryn Copeland Alexandra Cunningham
The Quotable is the quarterly publication of quotable writers. Each issue focuses on a theme and a quote. The theme for our Spring, 2015 issue is "Nature or Nurture." The issue features excellent short fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and art by emerging writers.
The Quotable is the quarterly publication of quotable writers. Each issue focuses on a theme and a quote. The theme for our Spring, 2015 issue is "Nat...
This volume addresses the perverse as it relates to women in various cultural and literary contexts. The contibutors examine the implications of the cultural manifestations of the perverse contained within a particular piece of literature that they have chosen.
This volume addresses the perverse as it relates to women in various cultural and literary contexts. The contibutors examine the implications of the c...
