Cooper, Kate, 1960-

The virgin and the bride : idealized womanhood in late antiquity / Kate Cooper. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1996. - xii, 180 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-175) and index.

0674939492 (alk. paper)


Latin literature--History and criticism.
Women and literature--Rome.
Christian literature, Early--Latin authors--History and criticism.
Christian hagiography--History--To 1500.
Christianity and literature--Rome.
Christian saints in literature.
Literature and society--Rome.
Married women in literature.
Social values in literature.
Virginity in literature.
Women in literature.
Women--Rome.


Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.

870.935 C784