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<p>Advice on sex and marriage in the literature of antiquity and the middle ages typically stressed the negative: from stereotypes of nagging wives and cheating husbands to nightmarish visions of women empowered through marriage. Satiric Advice on Women and Marriage brings together the leading scholars of this fascinating body of literature. Their essays examine a variety of ancient and early medieval writers' cautionary and often eccentric marital satire beginning with Plautus in the third cent

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Author
Smith, Warren S.;
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press
Published
2006
Language
EN
ISBN
9780472026296
Category
history
Subjects
History, Science, Literary Criticism
Rating
3 / 5 (1 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-25

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