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Author:
Ritscher, Lee A., 1961-
Title:
The semiotics of rape in Renaissance English literature / Lee A. Ritscher.
Publisher:
Peter Lang,
Copyright Date:
c2009
Description:
124 p. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
Rape in literature.
Sex crimes in literature.
Women in literature.
Chastity in literature.
Law and literature--England--History--16th century.
Law and literature--England--History--17th century.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The influence of misogyny on pre- and early modern rape laws -- The rape of Philomela : silence and speech -- The rape of Lucrece and the destruction of the feminine ideal -- The appetite for violence against women : the case of Lavinia's rape in Titus Andronicus.
Series:
Berkeley insights in linguistics and semiotics, 0893-6935 ; v. 66
ISBN:
0820497371 (alk. paper)
9780820497372 (alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)86038372
LCCN:
2007010585
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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