Medieval monstrosity and the female body / Sarah Alison Miller.

New York ; London : Routledge, 2010.

213 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-204) and index.

Introduction: the monstrous borders of the female body -- Ovidian poetry -- Virgins, mothers, and monsters: Ovidian and pseudo-Ovidian bodies -- Gynecology -- Gynecological secrets: blood, seed, and monstrous births in De secretis mulierum -- Mystical theology -- Monstrous love: the permeable body of Christ in Julian of Norwich's showings -- Conclusion: the monstrous borders of the self.