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Claustrophilia : The Erotics of Enclosure in Medieval Literature / by C. Howie.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Howie, Cary.
- Series:
- The New Middle Ages, 2945-5944
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literature, Medieval.
- Sex.
- Sociology.
- Europe--History--476-1492.
- Europe.
- Classical literature.
- Literature, Ancient.
- Religion.
- Medieval Literature.
- Gender Studies.
- History of Medieval Europe.
- Classical and Antique Literature.
- Local Subjects:
- Medieval Literature.
- Gender Studies.
- Sociology.
- History of Medieval Europe.
- Classical and Antique Literature.
- Religion.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (209 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2007.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Through extended readings of English, French, and Italian writers of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth centuries, Claustrophilia shows that medieval enclosures actually make room for desires and communities that a poetics of pure openness would exclude.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Edge of Enclosure; Chapter 2 The Verge of the Visible; Chapter 3 Spaced Out; Chapter 4 Lyric Enclosures; Chapter 5 Nothing Between; In Closing; Notes; Works Cited; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611362744
- 9781281362742
- 1281362743
- 9780230604148
- 0230604145
- OCLC:
- 315770962
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