Download or read book The Afterlives of Rape in Medieval English Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Afterlives of Rape examines how medieval English texts--from devotional literature to Arthurian romance--imagine survivors of sexual violence to have privileged moral, ethical, and spiritual insight. This medieval history of survival as a site of spiritual transcendence and political critique continues to shape the terms of contemporary discussions about gender, rape, and survival