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Sexuality, sociality, and cosmology in medieval literary texts

Title: Sexuality, sociality, and cosmology in medieval literary texts / edited by Jennifer N. Brown and Marla Segol.
Publication: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

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Description

xii, 194 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"For many medieval authors, sexuality was the ultimate expression of embodiment. Sexuality could be a medium for human communication with the divine, but it could also be a barrier when not conceptualized or practiced correctly. Broad in scope, this collection shows several operating models of body and cosmos. Exploring the relation between sexuality and cosmology in a variety of literary texts from the tenth to the sixteenth centuries, the essays reveal that medieval authors, whether lay or religious, Christian or Jewish, were grappling with the same sets of questions about sexuality as people are today"--Provided by publisher.
"This collection seeks to explore the relation between sexuality and cosmology in a variety of literary texts from the tenth to the sixteenth centuries. The range is wide and yet it shows that medieval authors, whether lay or religious, Christian or Jewish, are grappling with the same sets of questions about sexuality: How does it conform to or reproduce world order? How might it disrupt that order? Does it bring people closer to the divine, or does it distance them? For all of the authors, the answers lie in their models of body and cosmos and how they work together"--Provided by publisher.

Series Statement

The new Middle Ages

Uniform Title

New Middle Ages (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Call Number

JFD 13-1238

ISBN

LCCN

2012031255

OCLC

669751259

Title

Sexuality, sociality, and cosmology in medieval literary texts / edited by Jennifer N. Brown and Marla Segol.

Imprint

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Series

The new Middle Ages

New Middle Ages (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Brown, Jennifer N. (Jennifer Nancy)

Segol, Marla.

Research Call Number

JFD 13-1238