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Ravishing Maidens: Writing Rape in Medieval French Literature and Law

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Second paperback printing 1995. In this study of sexual violence and rape in French medieval literature and law, Kathryn Gravdal examines an array of famous works never before analyzed in connection with sexual violence. Gravdal demonstrates the variety of techniques through which medieval discourse made rape acceptable: sometimes through humor and aestheticization, sometimes through the use of social and political themes, but especially through the romanticism of rape scenes.

Author(s): Kathryn Gravdal
Series: New Cultural Studies Series
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Year: 1991

Language: English
Pages: 204

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: The Archeology of Rape in Medieval Literature and Law 1
1. Plotting Rape in the Female Saints' Lives 21
2. The Poetics of Rape Law: Chretien de Troyes's Arthurian Romance 42
3. Replaying Rape: Feudal Law on Trial in 'Le Roman de Renart' 72
4. The Game of Rape: Sexual Violence and Social Class in the Pastourelle 104
5. The Complicity of Law and Literature 122
Conclusion 141
Notes 145
Bibliography 177
Index 189