Medieval Writings on Sex Between Men

Medieval Writings on Sex Between Men
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Publisher : Explorations in Medieval Cultu
Total Pages : 196
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ISBN-10 : 9004429654
ISBN-13 : 9789004429659
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Book Synopsis Medieval Writings on Sex Between Men by : David Rollo

Download or read book Medieval Writings on Sex Between Men written by David Rollo and published by Explorations in Medieval Cultu. This book was released on 2022 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What happens if a cleric breaks his vows of sexual abstinence? What happens if the cleric in question does so repeatedly with other men of his vocation? Eleventh-century theologian Peter Damian provides a response. What happens if an author uses metaphor as a metaphor signifying and excoriating male same-sex relations, yet does so in a text showing an exuberant and unabashed orientation towards metaphorical language? Is the author in question rhetorically perpetrating precisely the so-called affront to nature he grammatically denounces? Twelfth-century poet Alain de Lille enacts an ambiguously enigmatic response"--


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