| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Explorations in medieval culture, 2352-0299 ; 19 |
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Explorations in medieval culture ; 19.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgements -- General Introduction -- 1 Peter Damian, The Book of Gomorrah -- 2 Alain de Lille, The Plaint of Nature -- 3 Importance to Medieval Studies -- 4 Existing Translations -- 5 Approach to Translation, Notes, and Sources -- 6 Terminology -- Part 1: Peter Damian, The Book of Gomorrah (Liber Gomorrhianus) -- Peter Damian: Life -- Critical Commentary -- Text -- Part 2: Alain de Lille, The Plaint of Nature (De planctu Naturae) -- Alain de Lille: Life -- Critical Commentary -- Text -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
"What happens if a cleric breaks his vows of sexual abstinence? What happens if the cleric in question does so repeatedly with other men of his vocation? Eleventh-century theologian Peter Damian provides a response. What happens if an author uses metaphor as a metaphor signifying and excoriating male same-sex relations, yet does so in a text showing an exuberant and unabashed orientation towards metaphorical language? Is the author in question rhetorically perpetrating precisely the so-called affront to nature he grammatically denounces? Twelfth-century poet Alain de Lille enacts an ambiguously enigmatic response"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed March 1, 2022) |
| Subject |
Peter Damian, Saint, 1007?-1072. Liber Gomorrhianus
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Alanus, de Insulis, -1202. De planctu naturae.
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| SUBJECT |
Liber Gomorrhianus (Peter Damian, Saint) fast |
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De planctu naturae (Alanus, de Insulis) fast |
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Homosexuality -- Early works to 1800
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Homosexuality in literature.
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Homosexuality
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Homosexuality in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Early works
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rollo, David, translator
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Peter Damian, Saint, 1007?-1072.
Liber Gomorrhianus. English. 2022
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Alanus, de Insulis, -1202.
De planctu naturae. English.
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| LC no. |
2021062482 |
| ISBN |
9004507329 |
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9789004507326 |
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