Writing Rape, Writing Women in Early Modern England : Unbridled Speech /

The word 'rape' today denotes sexual appropriation; yet it originally signified the theft of a woman from her father or husband by abduction or elopement. In the early modern period, its meaning is in transition between these two senses, while rapes and attempted rapes proliferate in liter...

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Main Author:	Catty, Jocelyn (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Series:	Early modern literature in history.
Subjects:	Literature. British and Irish Literature. Criminology & Criminal Justice. Early Modern/Renaissance Literature. Gender Studies. British literature. Criminology. Gender expression. Gender identity. Literature, Modern. Sex (Psychology) Sociology. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book