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Allegory and Sexual Ethics in the High Middle Ages / by N. Guynn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Guynn, Noah D.
- Series:
- The New Middle Ages, 2945-5944
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literature, Medieval.
- Poetry.
- Europe--History--476-1492.
- Europe.
- Classical literature.
- Literature, Ancient.
- Medieval Literature.
- Poetry and Poetics.
- History of Medieval Europe.
- Classical and Antique Literature.
- Local Subjects:
- Medieval Literature.
- Poetry and Poetics.
- History of Medieval Europe.
- Classical and Antique Literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (231 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2007.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Guynn offers an innovative new approach to the ethical, cultural, and ideological analysis of medieval allegory. Working between poststructuralism and historical materialism, he considers both the playfulness of allegory and its disciplinary force.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Rhetoric, Evil, and Privation: From Augustine to the "Persecuting Society"; 2 Sodomy, Courtly Love, and the Birth of Romance: Le Roman d'Eneas; 3 Allegory and Perversion in Alan of Lille's De Planctu Naturae; 4 Authorship and Sexual/Allegorical Violence in Jean de Meun's Roman de la rose; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-212) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611362638
- 9781281362636
- 1281362638
- 9780230603660
- 0230603661
- OCLC:
- 244656478
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