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Record Nr.

UNINA9910973286403321

Autore

Guynn Noah D

Titolo

Allegory and Sexual Ethics in the High Middle Ages / / by N. Guynn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2007

ISBN

9786611362638

9781281362636

1281362638

9780230603660

0230603661

Edizione

[1st ed. 2007.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 p.)

Collana

The New Middle Ages, , 2945-5944

Disciplina

841/.1

Soggetti

Literature, Medieval

Poetry

Europe - History - 476-1492

Classical literature

Literature, Ancient

Medieval Literature

Poetry and Poetics

History of Medieval Europe

Classical and Antique Literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-212) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.