Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth & the Cult of the Virgin Mary
by:
Marina Warner (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780671790110 (0671790110)
Publish date: September 1st 1978
Publisher: Pocket Books
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Non Fiction,
History,
Art,
Feminism,
Religion,
Christianity,
Spirituality,
Womens Studies,
Catholic,
Mythology
Marina Warner closely examines the history and influence of the idea of the Virgin Mary. This is not a biography. Instead, Warner looks at how society has viewed and even used the Virgin. Warner starts with the gospels and works her way up the early twentith century.What I found most intersting w...
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