TY - BOOK ID - 2953932 TI - Eloquent virgins from Thecla to Joan of Arc AU - McInerney, Maud Burnett AU - Palgrave Macmillan PY - 2003 VL - *27 SN - 0312223501 9780312223502 DB - UniCat KW - Maagdelijkheid in de literatuur KW - Virginity in literature KW - Virginité dans la littérature KW - Classical literature KW - Literature, Medieval KW - History and criticism KW - Christendom. KW - Classical literature. KW - Frau. KW - Jungfräulichkeit. KW - Lichamelijkheid. KW - Literatur. KW - Literature, Medieval. KW - Maagdelijkheidsideaal. KW - Martelaarschap. KW - Märtyrerin. KW - Virginity in literature. KW - History and criticism. KW - Literature [Medieval ] UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:2953932 AB - "The tales of the virgin martyrs typically emphasize the torture and mutilation of beautiful young women. To the modern reader, these medieval texts seem like exercises in sadism, but they provided medieval women such as Hildegard of Bingen and Joan of Arc with role models who helped them to shape their own extraordinary destinies. This book explores the ability of the virgin body to generate contradictory meanings, both repressive and liberating, depending on who told the tale and how it was told."--Jacket. ER -