Medieval monstrosity and the female body. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sarah Alison Miller.
• Other Names: Miller, Sarah Alison
• 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.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (226 pages)
• Subjects: 809/.02; HISTORY / Medieval; Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism; Monsters in literature; Human body in literature; Women in literature
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781136923500; 1136923500
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.