Alone of all Her Sex

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'A work of remarkably elegant and eloquent scholarship.' THE OBSERVER - ' ' ' "
'Marina Warner begins with the gospels, noting the slight allusions to Mary, and the curious confusions between the two women of that name. She points out the falsities, fables and manifest fabrications that have shaped mariolatry. This intriguing and intelligent book is an attempt to explain the origins, growth appeal and persistence of the Virgin's cult. The narrative is a rich, allusive tapestry set in a framework of theological commentary.' NEW SOCIETY
'ALONE OF ALL HER SEX is a dramatic, informative and entertaining book about the Virgin Mary. Her understanding of the relationship between art and ideas is exceptional: a substantial and provocative book.' TLS
'It will prove both astonishing and enlightening It can delight the mind and eye of any reader alert to the vicissitudes of cultural change. One is led on from page to page, greedy for more . . . Her style is so packed with scholarship,... Tovább

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'A work of remarkably elegant and eloquent scholarship.' THE OBSERVER - ' ' ' "
'Marina Warner begins with the gospels, noting the slight allusions to Mary, and the curious confusions between the two women of that name. She points out the falsities, fables and manifest fabrications that have shaped mariolatry. This intriguing and intelligent book is an attempt to explain the origins, growth appeal and persistence of the Virgin's cult. The narrative is a rich, allusive tapestry set in a framework of theological commentary.' NEW SOCIETY
'ALONE OF ALL HER SEX is a dramatic, informative and entertaining book about the Virgin Mary. Her understanding of the relationship between art and ideas is exceptional: a substantial and provocative book.' TLS
'It will prove both astonishing and enlightening It can delight the mind and eye of any reader alert to the vicissitudes of cultural change. One is led on from page to page, greedy for more . . . Her style is so packed with scholarship, imagery, vivid selection, and wry contrastive comment.' MARGARET MEAD/HARPERS
'A convincing challenge to a social model of femininity in which Western women are trapped. Ms Warner provides no battle cries, suggests no postures, indicates few directions to take: she simply demonstrates a long-lived and continuing process which has been and still is used to the detriment of women. And she demonstrates it with a clarity and precision which is hard to argue against and impossible to dismiss. ALONE OF ALL HER SEX is an exciting book and is a very maj or contribution to feminist history. ' TIME OUT
'Her book explores the cult in all its ramifications peeling aside each successive accretion of doctrine and devotion in order to examine its moral, social, and emotional implications. Well-constructed and written with an attractive combination of astringent intelligence and warm sensitivity. The book abounds in perceptive insights. It is based on wide reading and it brings out admirably just what a many-layered construction the fully developed cult of the Virgin was to become. Miss Warner does not underrate the realities of faith and she shows a sensitive appreciation of the artistic and literary achievements which have been accomplished in the Virgin's name.' NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS Vissza