Sanctified subversives : nuns in early modern English and Spanish literature /
As chaste women devoted to God, nuns are viewed as the purest of the pure. Yet, as females who reject courtship, sex, marriage, child bearing, and materialism, they have been the anathema of how society has proscribed, expected, and regulated women: sex object, wife, mother, and capitalist consumer....
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Newcastle upon Tyne, UK :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2016.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | As chaste women devoted to God, nuns are viewed as the purest of the pure. Yet, as females who reject courtship, sex, marriage, child bearing, and materialism, they have been the anathema of how society has proscribed, expected, and regulated women: sex object, wife, mother, and capitalist consumer. They are perceived as otherworldly beings, yet revered for their salt-of-the-earth demeanor. This book illustrates how both English and Spanish Renaissance-era authors latched onto the figure of the nun as a way to evaluate the social construction of womanhood. This analysis of the nun's role in th. |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (234 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781443810050 1443810053 9781443819411 1443819417 |
