Medieval Romance and the Construction of Heterosexuality (New Middle Ages)
Louise M. Sylvester
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Description for Medieval Romance and the Construction of Heterosexuality (New Middle Ages)
Hardcover. This book interrogates our ideas about heterosexuality through examination of medieval romance narratives. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
This book interrogates our ideas about heterosexuality through examination of medieval romance narratives. Familiar configurations of romantic fiction such as male desire overwhelming feminine reluctance and the aloof masculine hero undone by love derive from this period. This book tests current theories of language and desire through stylistic analysis, examining transitivity choices and speech acts in sexual encounters and conversations in medieval romances. In the context of current preoccupations with gender and sexuality, and consent in rape cases, this study is of interest to scholars investigating language and sexuality as well as those researching and teaching medieval literature and culture. ... Read more
This book interrogates our ideas about heterosexuality through examination of medieval romance narratives. Familiar configurations of romantic fiction such as male desire overwhelming feminine reluctance and the aloof masculine hero undone by love derive from this period. This book tests current theories of language and desire through stylistic analysis, examining transitivity choices and speech acts in sexual encounters and conversations in medieval romances. In the context of current preoccupations with gender and sexuality, and consent in rape cases, this study is of interest to scholars investigating language and sexuality as well as those researching and teaching medieval literature and culture. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Series
The New Middle Ages
Number of Pages
202
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230602786
SKU
V9780230602786
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About Louise M. Sylvester
LOUISE M. SYLVESTER is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Central England, Birmingham, UK.
Reviews for Medieval Romance and the Construction of Heterosexuality (New Middle Ages)
"This study makes a significant and needed contribution to Chaucer studies. It provides an attractive application of close linguistic analysis to discuss central medieval texts including Chaucer, in the context of current interests in gender and sexuality. Filled with precise and measurable observations - sometimes counter-intuitive- it lays down a marker for less textually observant theoretical approaches. It is written ... Read more