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UNINA9910817407003321 |
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Autore |
Guynn Noah D |
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Titolo |
Allegory and sexual ethics in the High Middle Ages / / Noah D. Guynn |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-36263-8 |
9786611362638 |
0-230-60366-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (231 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Allegory |
Sexual ethics in literature |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-212) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Rhetoric, Evil, and Privation: From Augustine to the "Persecuting Society"; 2 Sodomy, Courtly Love, and the Birth of Romance: Le Roman d'Eneas; 3 Allegory and Perversion in Alan of Lille's De Planctu Naturae; 4 Authorship and Sexual/Allegorical Violence in Jean de Meun's Roman de la rose; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Guynn offers an innovative new approach to the ethical, cultural, and ideological analysis of medieval allegory. Working between poststructuralism and historical materialism, he considers both the playfulness of allegory and its disciplinary force. |
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