Sexual Culture in the Literature of Medieval Britain

Name: Sexual Culture in the Literature of Medieval Britain
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By Amanda Hopkins

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It is often said that the past is a foreign country where they do things differently, and perhaps no type of "doing" is more fascinating than sexual desires and behaviours. Sexual identities are rarely coherent or stable, and it is in the grey areas, the interstices between normative modes of sexuality, that we find the most compelling instances of erotic frisson and sexual expression. This collection of essays brings together a wide-ranging discussion of the sexual possibilities and fantasies of medieval Britain as they manifest themselves in the literature of the period. Taking as their matter texts and authors as diverse as Chaucer, Gower, Dunbar, Malory, alchemical treatises, and romances, the contributions reveal a surprising variety of attitudes, strategies and sexual subject positions.

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Languages:: Original: English
Number of Pages:: 194
Publisher:: D.S.Brewer
Publication Date:: 2014-06-19
Release Date:: 2014-08-21
ISBN / EAN:: 9781843843795
Weight:: 461 g
Dimensions:: 16/24/2 cm
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]

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