Claustrophilia - The Erotics of Enclosure in Medieval Literature

Zusatztext '...this is an engaging! provocative work! in which some dazzling and eclectic readings come together in a riot of queer bodies! spaces and associations! exploring the medieval canon from a fascinating angle and inviting academics to reflect on their own place and attachments.' - Miranda Griffin! French Studies ' ...radient! entrancing... a scholary review.' Chicago Journals Informationen zum Autor CARY HOWIE is Assistant Professor in the Department of Romance Studies at Cornell University, USA. Klappentext Through extended readings of English, French, and Italian writers of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth centuries, Claustrophilia shows that medieval enclosures actually make room for desires and communities that a poetics of pure openness would exclude. Zusammenfassung Through extended readings of English! French! and Italian writers of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth centuries! Claustrophilia shows that medieval enclosures actually make room for desires and communities that a poetics of pure openness would exclude. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Edge of Enclosure The Verge of the Visible Spaced Out Lyric Enclosures Nothing Between

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The Edge of Enclosure The Verge of the Visible Spaced Out Lyric Enclosures Nothing Between

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'...this is an engaging, provocative work, in which some dazzling and eclectic readings come together in a riot of queer bodies, spaces and associations, exploring the medieval canon from a fascinating angle and inviting academics to reflect on their own place and attachments.' - Miranda Griffin, French Studies
' ...radient, entrancing... a scholary review.' Chicago Journals

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• Authors: C Howie, C. Howie, Cary Howie
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.06.2007
• EAN: 9781403971975
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-7197-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: The New Middle Ages; The New Middle Ages
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Religion, B, Gender Studies, Sociology, Religion: general, Sociology, general, Gender studies, gender groups, Literary studies: ancient, classical & medieval, Classical literature, Classical and Antique Literature, Religious Studies, general, Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Medieval Literature, Literature, Medieval, History of Medieval Europe, Europe—History—476-1492, European history: medieval period, middle ages