The Articulation of Virginity in the Medieval Chanson de nonne

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Colton, Lisa (2008) The Articulation of Virginity in the Medieval Chanson de nonne. Journal of the Royal Musical Association, 133 (2). pp. 159-188. ISSN 02690403

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jrma/fkn001

DOI: 10.1093/jrma/fkn001

Abstract

The chanson de nonne presents stereotypical images of young women whose bodies and voices are trapped within the confines of a nunnery. Close examination of the architectural metaphors used to describe virginity and chastity in the Middle Ages allows comparisons to be made between the structures – metaphorical, musical and textual – that held fictitious nuns within the frame of the clerical imagination at the centre of thirteenth-century motet production.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	M Music and Books on Music > ML Literature of music
Schools:	School of Music, Humanities and Media
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Depositing User:	Graham Stone
Date Deposited:	05 Dec 2008 09:44
Last Modified:	08 Jun 2009 12:53
URI:	http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/2867

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