Form and foreskin : medieval narratives of circumcision /

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"Why did Saint Augustine ask God to "circumcise his lips?" Why does Sir Gawain cut off the Green Knight's head on the Feast of the Circumcision? Is Chaucer's Wife of Bath actually-as an early glossator figures her-a foreskin? And why did Ezra Pound claim that he had incubate...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Strouse, A. W. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400. > Wife of Bath's tale.
Augustine, > of Hippo, Saint, > 354-430. > De Genesi ad litteram.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
Wife of Bath's tale (Chaucer, Geoffrey)
De Genesi ad litteram (Augustine, of Hippo, Saint)
Gawain and the Grene Knight.
Circumcision in literature.
Literature, Medieval > History and criticism.
Littérature médiévale > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
Literature, Medieval.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Gospel According to the Foreskin
  • 2. Saint Augustine and the Boy with the Long Foreskin
  • 3. Nicking Sir Gawain
  • 4. The Foreskin of Marriage
  • Coda
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index

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