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Sodomy, masculinity, and law in medieval literature : France and England, 1050-1230 / William E. Bur...

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Sodomy, masculinity, and law in medieval literature : France and England, 1050-1230 / William E. Bur...

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Sodomy, masculinity, and law in medieval literature : France and England, 1050-1230 / William E. Burgwinkle.

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Full title

Sodomy, masculinity, and law in medieval literature : France and England, 1050-1230 / William E. Burgwinkle.

Publisher

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Date

2004.

Call Numbers

N809.93353/57

Record Identifier

74VKpApLxO8Z

MMS ID

991019382959702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

xii, 298 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents

1. Locating sodomy -- 2. Imagining sodomy -- 3. Making Perceval : double-binding and sieges perilleux -- 4. Queering the Celtic : Marie de France and the men who don't marry -- 5. Writing the self : Alain de Lille's De planctu naturae.

Publication information

Publisher

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

2004.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"William Burgwinkle surveys poetry and letters, histories and literary fiction - including Grail romances - to offer a historical survey of attitudes towards same-sex love during the centuries that gave us the Plantagenet court of Henry II and Eleanore of Aquitaine, courtly love, and Arthurian lore. Burgwinkle illustrates how "sodomy" becomes a pro...

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Full title

Sodomy, masculinity, and law in medieval literature : France and England, 1050-1230 / William E. Burgwinkle.

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Notes

General note

Cambridge studies in medieval literature.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-291) and index.

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Call Numbers

N809.93353/57

Record Identifier

74VKpApLxO8Z

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKpApLxO8Z

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ISBN

0521839688

9780521839686

DDC

809.93353

MMS ID

991019382959702626

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