Beyond Deadly Sins and Virgin Impairments: Medieval Bodies in Disability Studies.
- Author / Editor
- Roders, Dana M.
Beyond Deadly Sins and Virgin Impairments: Medieval Bodies in Disability Studies.
- Published
- Ph.D. dissertation (Purdue University, 2023), Dissertation Abstracts International A84.12(E). Partially accessible at https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/dissertations/AAI30501530/ (accessed February 1, 2025).
- Description
- Investigates "how medieval authors implement impaired bodies in service of spiritual exploration," addressing depictions of impaired bodies generally excluded from disability studies, such as "personified sins, aging bodies, and martyrs' bodies." Discusses disbelief as a form of metaphorical blindness in SNT, and the "double prosthesis" of Cecilia's conversions of others and her ongoing presence in the world. Also comments on Ceyx's body in BD.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism
Second Nun and Her Tale
Book of the Duchess