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The Unspeakable, Gender and Sexuality in Medieval Literature, 1000-1400
Victoria Blud
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Description for The Unspeakable, Gender and Sexuality in Medieval Literature, 1000-1400
Hardback. An investigation of the motif of the unspeakable as manifested in a wide range of medieval texts, from the Exeter Book to Chaucer. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Amid saints and sinners, open secrets and queer codes, the mechanisms of confession and the infliction of torture, what is unspeakable in the Middle Ages - and who decides? Aspiring to the ineffable glories of heaven or plunging down to the murky depths of unmentionable sin , this very functional concept becomes attached to the very good and the very bad in medieval literature and culture. This book investigates the concept and use of the trope of unspeakability from pre-Conquest to late medieval literature in England, and the relationship between that which cannot be said and cultural ... Read more
Amid saints and sinners, open secrets and queer codes, the mechanisms of confession and the infliction of torture, what is unspeakable in the Middle Ages - and who decides? Aspiring to the ineffable glories of heaven or plunging down to the murky depths of unmentionable sin , this very functional concept becomes attached to the very good and the very bad in medieval literature and culture. This book investigates the concept and use of the trope of unspeakability from pre-Conquest to late medieval literature in England, and the relationship between that which cannot be said and cultural ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
665g
Number of Pages
222
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843844686
SKU
V9781843844686
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99-50
About Victoria Blud
Research Associate, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York
Reviews for The Unspeakable, Gender and Sexuality in Medieval Literature, 1000-1400
[R]ich and provocative, weaving together texts across period boundaries in unexpected ways. JOURNAL OF ENGLISH AND GERMANIC PHILOLOGY