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Alone of All Her Sex

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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Mar 12, 1983 - Biography & Autobiography - 400 pages
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.

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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

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User Review  - Thom Dunn - Goodreads

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

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About the author (1983)

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).

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TitleAlone of All Her Sex
Vintage Series
AuthorMarina Warner
Editionillustrated
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1983
ISBN0394711556, 9780394711553
Length400 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Biography & Autobiography / General
Biography & Autobiography / Religious
Biography & Autobiography / Women
History / General
Religion / Christianity / Catholic
Religion / Christianity / History
  
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