LEADER 03984nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910789647503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-25036-5 010 $a9786613250360 010 $a0-226-72460-3 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226724607 035 $a(CKB)2670000000113633 035 $a(EBL)765343 035 $a(OCoLC)751962240 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000538324 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12270040 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000538324 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10558967 035 $a(PQKB)11770217 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000117483 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC765343 035 $a(DE-B1597)523284 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226724607 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL765343 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10496529 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL325036 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000113633 100 $a20110309d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aKiss my relics$b[electronic resource] $ehermaphroditic fictions of the middle ages /$fDavid Rollo 210 $aChicago ;$aLondon $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (260 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-72461-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 1. Martianus Capella, Remigius of Auxerre, William of Malmesbury -- pt. 2. Alain de Lille : De planctu naturae -- pt. 3. Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun : Le Roman de la rose. 330 $aConservative 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. At the margins of these developments, however, some authors began to validate fiction as a medium for truth and a source of legitimate enjoyment, while others began to explore and defend the pleasures of opulent rhetoric. Here David Rollo examines two such texts-Alain de Lille's De planctu Naturae and Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun's Roman de la Rose-arguing that their authors, in acknowledging the liberating potential of their irregular written orientations, brought about a nuanced reappraisal of homosexuality. Rollo concludes with a consideration of the influence of the latter on Chaucer's Pardoner's Prologue and Tale. 606 $aParaphilias in literature 606 $aIntersexuality in literature 606 $aHomosexuality in literature 606 $aLiterature, Medieval$xHistory and criticism 606 $aLatin literature, Medieval and modern$xHistory and criticism 610 $ahermaphroditic, hermaphrodite, fiction, fictional, middle ages, medieval, time period, era, history, historical, conservative, sensual, sensuality, sexuality, sex, gratification, religion, religious studies, faith, belief, morals, purity, human nature, sin, sinful, taboo, pagan, extravagance, opulence, rhetorical, god, homosexuality, roman de la rose, literature, literary, chaucer, pardoners tale. 615 0$aParaphilias in literature. 615 0$aIntersexuality in literature. 615 0$aHomosexuality in literature. 615 0$aLiterature, Medieval$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aLatin literature, Medieval and modern$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a870.9 700 $aRollo$b David$01503559 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789647503321 996 $aKiss my relics$93732054 997 $aUNINA