Shadows of Mary
Understanding Images of the Virgin Mary in Medieval Texts

Distributed for University of Wales Press
171 pages
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5 1/2 x 8 1/2
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© 2003
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Table of Contents

Contents
Series Editors’ Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Going by Contraries: Eve, Mary and Meaning in the Medieval Church
1 Shadows of the Law: Death in The Man of Law’s Tale
2 Shadowy Differences: Marian Tales of Gender in The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale
3 Dispersing Faith: Seinte Marherete, Maternal Bodies, and Telling Stories
4 Mary, the Maiden and Metonymy in Pearl
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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