Allegory and sexual ethics in the High Middle Ages /

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 (its openness to multiple interpretations and perspectives) and its disciplinar...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Guynn, Noah D. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Series:New Middle Ages (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
Subjects:
Alanus, > de Insulis, > -1202. > De planctu naturae.
Jean, > de Meun, > approximately 1240-approximately 1305? > Roman de la Rose.
Enéas (Romance)
De planctu naturae (Alanus, de Insulis)
Roman de la Rose (Jean, de Meun)
Allegory.
Sexual ethics in literature.
Allégorie.
Morale sexuelle dans la littérature.
POETRY > Continental European.
Allegory
Sexual ethics in literature
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Rhetoric, Evil, and Privation: From Augustine to the "Persecuting Society"
  • Sodomy, Courtly Love, and the Birth of Romance: Le roman d'Eneas
  • Allegory and Perversion in Alan of Lille's De planctu Naturae
  • Authorship and Sexual/Allegorical Violence in Jean de Meun's Roman de la rose.

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