Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin Mary


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Shows how the figure of Mary has shaped and been shaped by changing social and historical circumstances and why for all their beauty and power, the legends of Mary have condemned real women to perpetual inferiority

Author: Marina Warner
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 03/12/1983
Pages: 496
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9780394711553
ISBN10: 0394711556
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christianity | History
- History | General
- Biography & Autobiography | Religious

About the Author
Marina Warner is a prize-winning novelist and cultural historian whose works include From the Beast to the Blonde, Managing Monsters (the 1994 Reith Lectures), Indigo and The Lost Father (shortlisted for the Booker Prize).