| Description |
1 online resource (250 pages) |
| Contents |
Martianus Capella, De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii : A Brother to Hermaphroditus -- Martianus Capella, De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii ; Remigius of Auxerre, Commentum in Martianum Capellam : Venus Rediviva -- William of Malmesbury, Gesta regum Anglorum : Empowering Remnants of Ancient Rome -- Alain de Lille, De planctu Naturae : The Orthography of Venus -- Alain de Lille, De planctu Naturae: The Vulgar Whorehouses of the Earth -- Alain de Lille, De planctu Naturae : Varied Colors of Venereal Discourse -- Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun, Le Roman de la Rose : The Garden of Unhallowed Delights -- Jean de Meun, Le Roman de la Rose : Unrefined Reason -- Jean de Meun, Le Roman de la Rose : Bele a coilles -- Conclusion : Never Mind the Relics |
| Summary |
Conservative thinkers of the early Middle Ages conceived of sensual gratification as a demonic snare contrived to debase the higher faculties of humanity, and they identified pagan writing as one of the primary conduits of decadence. Two aspects of the pagan legacy were treated with particular distrust: fiction, conceived as a devious contrivance that falsified God's order; and rhetorical opulence, viewed as a vain extravagance. Writing that offered these dangerous allurements came to be known as "hermaphroditic" and, by the later Middle Ages, to be equated with homosexuality |
| Analysis |
hermaphroditic, hermaphrodite, fiction, fictional, middle ages, medieval, time period, era, history, historical, conservative, sensual, sensuality, sexuality, sex, gratification, religion, religious studies, faith, belief, morals, purity, human nature, sin, sinful, taboo, pagan, extravagance, opulence, rhetorical, god, homosexuality, roman de la rose, literature, literary, chaucer, pardoners tale |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Alanus, de Insulis, -1202. De planctu naturae.
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Guillaume, de Lorris, active 1230. Roman de la rose.
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Jean, de Meun, approximately 1240-approximately 1305? -- Criticism and interpretation
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Martianus Capella. De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii.
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William, of Malmesbury, approximately 1090-1143. De gestis regum Anglorum.
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Jean, de Meun, approximately 1240-approximately 1305 |
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De gestis regum Anglorum (William, of Malmesbury) fast |
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De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii (Martianus Capella) fast |
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De planctu naturae (Alanus, de Insulis) fast |
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Roman de la rose (Guillaume, de Lorris) fast |
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Paraphilias in literature.
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Intersexuality in literature.
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Homosexuality in literature.
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Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism.
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Latin literature, Medieval and modern -- History and criticism
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Medieval.
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Homosexuality in literature
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Intersexuality in literature
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Latin literature, Medieval and modern
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Literature, Medieval
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Paraphilias in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Literary criticism.
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Critiques littéraires.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780226724607 |
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0226724603 |
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1283250365 |
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9781283250368 |
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