1970s and 1980s feminist writing about rape in relation to early modern legal practice and to its representation in literary works established a paradigm of misogyny and female victimhood that has remained largely unchallenged. Two works in particular have become almost ubiquitous in modern criticism: a 1983 paper by Nazife Bashar, and the 1632 treatise, \(The\) \(Lawes\) \(Resolutions\) \(of\) \(Womens\) \(Rights\). But a scrutiny of source material revealed factual error and misreading of early modern law and commentary in Bashar’s piece. Additionally, \(The\) \(Lawes\) \(Resolutions\) is unreliable in its account of statute law, while its legal credentials are unclear. Mistaken assumptions arising from both sources have been perpetuated ...
This book is not a study on why men rape women. The main focus of this book is to analyses and comp...
While the rape metaphor, with its built-in issues of power, subjugation, and dominance, attracted ma...
This dissertation explores figures of sexual violence in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French ...
What is rape in early modern literature, and what causes it? How do texts configure injury, will, an...
Taking a feminist-historicist approach, this thesis analyses representations of rape in the period 1...
This dissertation studies that which divides rape from sex: the unstable line formed by the concept ...
Rape shows up with remarkable frequency in English novels written in the eighteenth century. It also...
Rape shows up with remarkable frequency in English novels written in the eighteenth century. It also...
The essay surveys representations of rape in selected Shakespeare’s works. The subject fascinated Sh...
Violence Against Women in Early Modern Performance explores rape and domestic violence against women...
This thesis examines the relationship between fictional depictions of rape and legal and social real...
“Gendering Violence: Rethinking Coercion and Consent in Early Modern English Literature” puts variou...
“Gendering Violence: Rethinking Coercion and Consent in Early Modern English Literature” puts variou...
This thesis examines the complex and conflicting arguments surrounding the crime of rape in early mo...
While the rape metaphor, with its built-in issues of power, subjugation, and dominance, attracted ma...
This book is not a study on why men rape women. The main focus of this book is to analyses and comp...
While the rape metaphor, with its built-in issues of power, subjugation, and dominance, attracted ma...
This dissertation explores figures of sexual violence in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French ...
What is rape in early modern literature, and what causes it? How do texts configure injury, will, an...
Taking a feminist-historicist approach, this thesis analyses representations of rape in the period 1...
This dissertation studies that which divides rape from sex: the unstable line formed by the concept ...
Rape shows up with remarkable frequency in English novels written in the eighteenth century. It also...
Rape shows up with remarkable frequency in English novels written in the eighteenth century. It also...
The essay surveys representations of rape in selected Shakespeare’s works. The subject fascinated Sh...
Violence Against Women in Early Modern Performance explores rape and domestic violence against women...
This thesis examines the relationship between fictional depictions of rape and legal and social real...
“Gendering Violence: Rethinking Coercion and Consent in Early Modern English Literature” puts variou...
“Gendering Violence: Rethinking Coercion and Consent in Early Modern English Literature” puts variou...
This thesis examines the complex and conflicting arguments surrounding the crime of rape in early mo...
While the rape metaphor, with its built-in issues of power, subjugation, and dominance, attracted ma...
This book is not a study on why men rape women. The main focus of this book is to analyses and comp...
While the rape metaphor, with its built-in issues of power, subjugation, and dominance, attracted ma...
This dissertation explores figures of sexual violence in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French ...