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Review: Alone of All Her Sex

User Review - Jasmine - Goodreads

A well researched book that is both fascinating and informative. However, I feel that it could be quite a difficult book for the average reader. Read full review

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User Review - Eddy Allen - Goodreads

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. Read full review

Review: Alone of All Her Sex

User Review - Thom Dunn - Goodreads

Replete. Color plates alone are worth the price of the book. Read full review

Review: Alone of All Her Sex

User Review - kissmyshades - Goodreads

Really interesting, eminently readable, well-sourced. Read full review

Review: Alone of All Her Sex

User Review - Walt - Goodreads

Although a bit long-winded, this is an excellent study of the cult of St. Mary. The author describes the importance of the Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages before showing how the ... Read full review

Review: Alone of All Her Sex: Cult of the Virgin Mary

User Review - Sarahscarlet - Goodreads

encyclopedic exploration . fascinating . Read full review

Review: Alone of All Her Sex: Cult of the Virgin Mary

User Review - Robert - Goodreads

An informative book, possibly the definitive book on Mariology - scholarly, comprehensive, and surprising objective. Wagner begins with a textual analysis of what little is written about Mary in the ... Read full review

Review: Alone of All Her Sex

User Review - Marlies - Goodreads

Read many moons ago in graduate school. Read full review

Review: Alone of All Her Sex

User Review - Chris - Goodreads

Marina Warner closely examines the history and influence of the idea of the Virgin Mary. This is not a biography. Instead, Warner looks at how society has viewed and even used the Virgin. Warner ... Read full review