These essays explore the religious, political, economic and aesthetic values which produce the Western European myth of virginity. The collection includes readings of Icelandic poems, Malory's Morte D'Arthur and Chaucer's works.

These essays explore the religious, political, economic and aesthetic values which produce the Western European myth of virginity. The collection includes readings of Icelandic poems, Malory's Morte D'Arthur and Chaucer's works.