- Preface
- Private Lives, Public Meanings
- The Ancient Novel
- “The Bride That Is No Bride”
- The Whispering Critics at Blesilla’s Funeral
- The Imprisoned Heroine
- Epilogue
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index

The Virgin and the Bride
Idealized Womanhood in Late Antiquity
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$37.00 • £32.95 • €33.95
ISBN 9780674939509
Publication Date: 05/15/1999