The virgin and the bride : idealized womanhood in late antiquity /

Cooper, Kate, 1960-

The virgin and the bride : idealized womanhood in late antiquity / Kate Cooper. - Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 1996. - xii,180 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Latin literature--History and criticism.
Women and literature--History.--Rome
Christian literature, Early--Latin authors--History and criticism.
Christianity and literature--History.--Rome
Christian women saints in literature.
Literature and society--History.--Rome
Married women in literature.
Social values in literature.
Virginity in literature.
Women in literature.
Women--History.--Rome

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