Alone of All Her Sex : The Myth and Cult of the Virgin Mary

Name: Alone of All Her Sex : The Myth and Cult of the Virgin Mary
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ISBN: 9780099284499

ISBN-10: 0099284499

ISBN-13: 9780099284499

Edition: 2000

Authors: Marina Warner

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Her book explores the cult in all its ramifiations peeling aside each successive accretion of doctrine and devotion in order to examine its moral social and emotional implications. Well-constructed and written with an attractive combination of astringent intelligence and warm sensitivity. The book abounds in perceptive insights. It is based on wide reading it brings out admirably just what a many-layered construction the fully developed cult of the Virgin was to become. Miss Warner does not underrate the realities of faith and she shows a sensitive appreciation of the artistic and literary achievements which have been accomplished in the Virgin's Name - NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS.

Book details

Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.80" long x 1.26" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Author's Note


Preface


Prologue


Virgin


Mary in the Gospels


Mary in the Apocrypha


Virgin Birth


Second Eve


Virgins and Martyrs


Queen


The Assumption


Maria Regina


Bride


The Song of Songs


Troubadours


Madonna


Dante, Beatrice, and the Virgin Mary


Mother


Let it be


The Milk of Paradise


Mater Dolorosa


The Penitent Whore


The Immaculate Conception


The Moon and the Stars


Intercessor


Growth in Every Thing


Icons and Relics


Visions, the Rosary, and War


The Hour of our Death


Epilogue


St. Luke's Magnificat


A Muddle of Marys


Chronology


Notes


Select Bibliography


Index