Alone of all her sex : the myth and cult of the Virgin Mary / Marina Warner
1978, Second Edition. London : Quartet Books. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #448253
ISBN: 0704331853
Physical description; xxv, 400 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, 1 facsimile ; 22 cm. Notes; Originally published: London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1976. Contents; Mary in the Gospels -- Mary in the Apocrypha -- Virgin Birth -- Second Eve -- Virgins and Martyrs -- The Assumption -- Maria Regina -- The Song of Songs -- Troubadours -- Madonna -- Dante, Beatrice, and the Virgin Mary -- Let it be -- The Milk of Paradise -- Mater Dolorosa -- The Penitent Whore -- The Immaculate Conception -- The Moon and the Stars -- Growth in Everything -- Icons and Relics -- Visions, the Rosary and War -- The Hour of Our Death. Subjects; Mary, Mother of Jesus Christ Cult History. Mary Blessed Virgin, Saint Devotion to History. Mariology.
Price: €12.95