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Hardcover The Power of Women: A Topos in Medieval Art and Literature Book

ISBN: 0812232798

ISBN13: 9780812232790

The Power of Women: A Topos in Medieval Art and Literature

Eve tempting Adam with the apple, Delilah shearing Samson's hair, Phyllis riding the philosopher Aristotle like a horse--from the patristic period through the sixteenth century, examples of disorderly women such as these from the Bible, antiquity, and romance were cited to prove beyond any doubt that women exercise a power that no man, however superior his moral and physical qualities, can resist. An example of Latin topica, loci,...

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