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Rape Culture and Female Resistance in Late Medieval Literature: With an Edition of Middle English and Middle Scots Pastourelles

Edited by Sarah Baechle, Edited by Carissa M. Harris, Edited by Elizaveta Strakhov

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Centering on the difficult and important subject of medieval rape culture, this book brings Middle English and Scots texts into conversation with contemporary discourses on sexual assault and the #MeToo movement. The book explores the topic in the late medieval lyric genre known as the pastourelle and in related literary works, including chivalric romance, devotional lyric, saintsâ€™ lives, and the works of major authors such as Margery Kempe and William Dunbar. By engaging issues that are important to feminist activism todayâ€”the gray areas of sexual consent, the enduring myth of false rape allegations, and the emancipatory potential of writing about survivalâ€”this volume demonstrates how the radical terms of the pastourelle might reshape our own thinking about consent, agency, and survivorsâ€™ speech and help uncover cultural scripts for talking about sexual violence today. In addition to embodying the possibilities of medievalist feminist criticism after #MeToo, Rape Culture and Female Resistance in Late Medieval Literature includes an edition of sixteen Middle English and Middle Scots pastourelles. The poems are presented in a critical framework specifically tailored to the undergraduate classroom. Along with the editors, the contributors to this volume include Lucy M. Allen-Goss, Suzanne M. Edwards, Mary C. Flannery, Katharine W. Jager, Scott David Miller, Elizabeth Robertson, Courtney E. Rydel, and Amy N. Vines.