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03320aam a2200529 i 4500 001 8367B8AE462211E9A3F20F6897128E48 003 SILO 005 20190314012734 008 180515t20182018nyu b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2018023435 020 $a 1501730339 020 $a 9781501730337 035 $a (OCoLC)1028888009 040 $a NIC/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d TOH $d ERASA $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk-en 050 00 $a PR275.M34 $b S65 2018 082 00 $a 820.9/351 $2 23 100 1 $a Solberg, Emma Maggie, $e author. 245 10 $a Virgin whore / $c Emma Maggie Solberg. 264 1 $a Ithaca : $b Cornell University Press, $c 2018. 300 $a xi, 275 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-267) and index. 505 0 $a The many fathers of Jesus Christ -- Testing the chastity of the divine adulteress -- The second Eve -- Imitations of the virgin -- Promiscuous mercy -- The Whore of Babylon. 520 $a "In Virgin Whore, Emma Maggie Solberg uncovers a surprisingly prevalent theme in late English medieval literature and culture: the celebration of the Virgin Mary's sexuality. Although history is narrated as a progressive loss of innocence, the Madonna has grown purer with each passing century. Looking to a period before the idea of her purity and virginity had ossified, Solberg uncovers depictions and interpretations of Mary, discernible in jokes and insults, icons and rituals, prayers and revelations, allegories and typologies--and in late medieval vernacular biblical drama ... By revealing the presence of this promiscuous Virgin in early English drama and late medieval literature and culture--in dirty jokes told by Boccaccio and Chaucer, Malory's Arthurian romances, and the double entendres of the allegorical Mystic Hunt of the Unicorn--Solberg provides a new understanding of Marian traditions"-- $c Publisher's Web site. 600 00 $a Mary, $c Blessed Virgin, Saint $x In literature. 600 00 $a Mary, $c Blessed Virgin, Saint $x History. $z England $x History. 600 07 $a Mary, $c Blessed Virgin, Saint. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00068107 650 0 $a English literature $y Middle English, 1100-1500 $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Christian drama, English (Middle) $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Women $z England $x History $y Middle Ages, 500-1500. 650 0 $a Sex $z England $x History $y To 1500. 650 7 $a Christian drama, English (Middle) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00858990 650 7 $a Devotion. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00892007 650 7 $a English literature $x Middle English. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01710961 650 7 $a Literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00999953 650 7 $a Sex. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01114160 650 7 $a Women $x Middle Ages. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01907280 651 7 $a England. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01219920 648 7 $a To 1500 $2 fast 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Solberg, Emma Maggie. $t Virgin whore. $d Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018 $z 9781501730344 $w (DLC) 2018027870 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231018012426.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20191105021507.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8367B8AE462211E9A3F20F6897128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search