Sexual Violence in History: A Bibliography

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Start: Topical Index: Representations: Literary Texts: Modern Literature:

Representations: Literary Texts:
16TH-CENTURY LITERATURE

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[Site] A m e r i c a n   L i t e r a t u r e

[Site] Chilean Literature

Authors: Alonso de Ercilla; Texts: Araucana


[Site] A s i a n   L i t e r a t u r e

[Site] Chinese Literature

Authors: Furongzhuren; Texts: Chipozi zhuan


[Site] E u r o p e a n   L i t e r a t u r e

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[Info] Smith, Nigel S. »Slavery, Rape, and Migration in European Transnational Drama, 1580–1641.« 2021 MLA Annual Convention. Vancouver 2021.


[Site] English Literature

[Info] Adams, Michael. »Specular Rape: Reflections on Early Modern Reflections of the Present Day.« Centennial Review 41 (1997): 217-250.

[Info] Catty, Jocelyn. Unbridled Speech: Writing Rape and Female Autonomy in Early Modern England 1560-1630. Ph.D. Thesis, Oxford University, 1996.

[Info] Catty, Jocelyn. Writing rape, writing women in early modern England. Unbridled speech. Basingstoke 1999.

[Info] Croft, Lyndsay M. Some Women Love to Struggle: A Cultural and Critical Analysis of Dramatic Representations of Rape in the Late Elizabethan and Jacobean Periods. Ph.D. Thesis, Loughborough University, 2007.

[Info] Daileader, Celia R. Eroticism on the Renaissance stage. Transcendence, desire, and the limits of the visible. Cambridge 1998.

[Info] Detmar, Emily. The politics of telling. Women’s consent and accusations of rape in English Renaissance drama. Dissertation, Miami University, 1997.

[Info] Garrett, Cynthia E. »Sexual consent and the art of love in the early modern English lyric.« SEL 44 (2004): 37-58.

[Info] Lucas, Georgina. »Rape, Massacre, The Lucrece Tradition, and Alarum for LondonEarly Theatre 20 (2017): 49-75.

[Info] Marquis, Liane. Marlowe, Tamburlaine and the demise of traditional Elizabethan monarchy. Senior Honors Thesis, 2006.

[Info] Miller, Nancy W. Rape and the rhetoric of female chastity in English Renaissance literature. Dissertation, Ohio State University, 1996.

[Info] Sale, Carolyn J. Contested acts. Legal performances and literary authority in early modern England. Ann Arbor 2002.

[Info] Solga, Kim. Invisible Acts: Performing Violence Against Women in Early Modern and Contemporary Drama in English. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Toronto, 2004.

[Info] Swärdh, Anna. Rape and religion in English Renaissance literature. A topical study of four texts by Shakespeare, Drayton, and Middleton. Uppsala 2003.

[Info] Wingard, Timothy S. Representations of animality and sexuality in late medieval thought and culture. Ph.D. Thesis, University of York, 2020.


[Site] French Literature

[Info] Fournial, Céline. »Viol et ravissement sur la scène française: Défi dramaturgique et évolution du théâtre sérieux.« Verger No. 4 (2013).

[Info] Virtue, Nancy E. Representations of rape in the Renaissance novella. Dissertation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1993.


[Site] German Literature

Authors: Johannes Pauli | Texts: Schimpf und Ernst

[Info] Delap, Joe. »Discussions and Repercussions of Sexual Misconduct in Early Sixteenth-Century German Literature.« Sixteenth Century Studies Conference. Toronto 1994.


[Site] Italian Literature

[Info] Leclerc, Nadège. Dire le viol à partir du personnage de Lucrèce. Thèse de doctorat, Université de Caen, 2010.

[Info] Leclerc, Nadège F. »Lucrèce à la Renaissance ou la tendance à la démythification: Violence morale vs plaisir charnel.« Verger No. 4 (2013).

[Info] Russell, Sara E. »From Rape to Marriage: The Mutability of Consent in Early Modern Italy.« 55th Annual Meeting of Renaissance Society of America. Los Angeles 2009.


[Site] Scottish Literature

Authors: William Dunbar


[Site] Spanish Literature

[Info] Connor, Catherine. »Embodying Rape: Mirror Neurons and Performing Honor.« 41st Convention of the Northeast Modern Language Association. Montréal 2010.

[Info] Santa-Aguilar, Sara. »Agresión sexual y amor cortés en la novela pastoril en tiempos de Cervantes.« eHumanista 58 (2024): 36-48.