LEADER 03801nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910453980403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-06958-6 010 $a9786612069581 010 $a0-226-05990-1 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226059907 035 $a(CKB)1000000000725326 035 $a(dli)HEB04358 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000200756 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11168613 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000200756 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10221380 035 $a(PQKB)10456790 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC432193 035 $a(DE-B1597)524134 035 $a(OCoLC)824153200 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226059907 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL432193 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10286157 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL206958 035 $a(OCoLC)320901093 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000725326 100 $a19910312d1991 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmnummmmuuuu 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMedieval misogyny and the invention of Western romantic love$b[electronic resource] /$fR. Howard Bloch 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d1991 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 298 p. ) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-226-05973-1 311 $a0-226-05972-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 271-290) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. Molestiae Nuptiarum and the Yahwist Creation -- $t2. Early Christianity and the Estheticization ofGender -- $t3. "Devil's Gateway" and "Bride ofChrist" -- $t4. The Poetics of Virginity -- $t5. The Old French Lay and the Myriad Modes ofMale Indiscretion -- $t6. The Love Lyric and the Paradox ofPerfection -- $t7. Heiresses and Dowagers: The Power ofWomen to Dispose -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aUntil now the advent of Western romantic love has been seen as a liberation from-or antidote to-ten centuries of misogyny. In this major contribution to gender studies, R. Howard Bloch demonstrates how similar the ubiquitous antifeminism of medieval times and the romantic idealization of woman actually are. Through analyses of a broad range of patristic and medieval texts, Bloch explores the Christian construction of gender in which the flesh is feminized, the feminine is aestheticized, and aesthetics are condemned in theological terms. Tracing the underlying theme of virginity from the Church Fathers to the courtly poets, Bloch establishes the continuity between early Christian antifeminism and the idealization of woman that emerged in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. In conclusion he explains the likely social, economic, and legal causes for the seeming inversion of the terms of misogyny into those of an idealizing tradition of love that exists alongside its earlier avatar until the current era. This startling study will be of great value to students of medieval literature as well as to historians of culture and gender. 410 0$aACLS Humanities E-Book. 606 $aLove$xHistory 606 $aMisogyny$zEurope$xHistory 606 $aPatriarchy$zEurope$xHistory 606 $aSocial history$yMedieval, 500-1500 606 $aWomen$xHistory$yMiddle Ages, 500-1500 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLove$xHistory. 615 0$aMisogyny$xHistory. 615 0$aPatriarchy$xHistory. 615 0$aSocial history 615 0$aWomen$xHistory 676 $a305.4/09/02 700 $aBloch$b R. Howard$0220803 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453980403321 996 $aMedieval misogyny and the invention of Western romantic love$9729521 997 $aUNINA LEADER 01109nam a2200265 a 4500 001 991001547979707536 008 020 $a2710325314 035 $ab12162796-39ule_inst 040 $aDip.to Lingue $bita 245 00$aPoètes d'Afrique et des Antilles :$bd'expression française de la naissance à nos jours : anthologie /$cHamidou Dia 260 $aParis :$bTable ronde$c2002 300 $a523 p. ;$c18 cm 504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index 546 $aFrancese 650 4$aPoesia africana (lingua francese)$xAntologia 650 4$aPoesia caraibica (lingua francese)$xAntologia 650 4$aPoesia francofona$xAntologia 700 1 $aDia, Hamidou$eauthor$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0443834 907 $a.b12162796$b02-04-14$c09-04-03 912 $a991001547979707536 945 $aLE012 A 841.008 DIA$g1$i2012000038073$lle012$o-$pE0.00$q-$rl$s- $t0$u0$v0$w0$x0$y.i12498774$z09-04-03 996 $aPoètes d'Afrique et des Antilles$91458048 997 $aUNISALENTO 998 $ale012$b09-04-03$cm$da $e-$ffre$gfr $h0$i1