The erotics of grief : emotions and the construction of privilege in the medieval Mediterranean /

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"This book considers how emotions propagate power by exploring whose lives are grievable and what kinds of grief are valuable within and eroticized by medieval narratives. Incorporating literary, visual, and codicological evidence in sources from across the Mediterranean, The Erotics of Grief r...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Moore, Megan, 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021.
Subjects:
To 1500
Literature, Medieval > History and criticism.
Literature, Medieval > Themes, motives.
Grief in literature.
Eroticism in literature.
Grief > Social aspects > Mediterranean Region > History > To 1500.
Elite (Social sciences) > Mediterranean Region > History > To 1500.
Littérature médiévale > Histoire et critique.
Littérature médiévale > Thèmes, motifs.
Chagrin dans la littérature.
Érotisme dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval
Elite (Social sciences)
Eroticism in literature
Grief in literature
Grief > Social aspects
Literature, Medieval
Literature, Medieval > Themes, motives
Mediterranean Region
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Literary criticism
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Desire & Death in Elite Medieval Emotional Communities
  • Philomena and the Erotics of Privilege in the Middle Ages
  • Widows and the Romance of Grief
  • Masculinity, Mourning, and Epic Sacrifice
  • Towards a Mediterranean Erotics of Grief.

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