Alone of All Her Sex: Cult of the Virgin Mary - Hardcover

Warner, Marina

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0297770772 ISBN 13: 9780297770770

Publisher: Alfred A Knopf Inc, 1976

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About this title

From the Inside Flap:

"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

From the Back Cover:

"Dramatic, informative and entertaining...a substantial and provocative book." - TLS

"A work of remarkably elegant and eloquent scholarship." - Observer

"Astonishing and enlightening.... packed with scholarship, imagery, vivid selection, and wry contrastive comment." - Margaret Mead

About this edition

• Publisher: Alfred A Knopf Inc
• Publication date: 1976
• ISBN 10: 0297770772
• ISBN 13: 9780297770770
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448