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queer virginity in early modern English drama

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An edition of Pure resistance (2000)

Pure resistance

queer virginity in early modern English drama

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"In Pure Resistance Theodora A. Jankowski surveys the history of virginity in Christian thought from ancient times through the Renaissance in terms of contemporary queer theory. The Pauline doctrine that virginity for both men and women is superior to marriage remained strong in Augustine - who believed that consecrated virgins were "a greater blessing" than the married - and became a cornerstone of Roman Catholic theology.

Even the current edition of the New Catholic Encyclopedia privileges the state of virginity because it has as its object a superior good." "The author's claims regarding the queerness of virginity necessarily challenge the prevailing belief that the Protestant Reformation ushered in more enlightened attitudes toward women. Indeed, when considered from a queer perspective, the Protestant notion of companionate marriage proved to be far more confining to women than what had come before."--BOOK JACKET.

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Language
English
Pages
283

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Pure resistance: queer virginity in early modern English drama
2000, University of Pennsylvania Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-273) and index.

Published in
Philadelphia
Series
New cultural studies
Genre
History and criticism.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
822/.309353
Library of Congress
PR658.V52 J36 2000, PR658.V52J36 2000

The Physical Object

Pagination
283 p. ;
Number of pages
283

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL60273M
ISBN 10
0812235525
LCCN
99089833
OCLC/WorldCat
43083488
Library Thing
106515
Goodreads
529112

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