Medieval romance and the construction of heterosexuality
Constructing the heterosexual contract -- Romance and rape -- The sadistic hero -- Dynamics of consensual heterosex -- Romance debased
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| Format: | UnknownFormat |
| Sprache: | eng |
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Basingstoke u.a.
Palgrave Macmillan
2008
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| Ausgabe: | 1. publ. |
| Schriftenreihe: | The new Middle Ages
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Romances, English
> History and criticism
> English literature
> Literature, Medieval
> Heterosexuality in literature
> Femininity in literature
> Masculinity in literature
> Sex role in literature
> Sexual dominance and submission
> Middle English, 1100-1500
> Romance
> Mittelenglisch
> Literatur
> Heterosexualität
> Geschichte 1100-1500
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| Zusammenfassung: | Constructing the heterosexual contract -- Romance and rape -- The sadistic hero -- Dynamics of consensual heterosex -- Romance debased "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."--BOOK JACKET |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references |
| Beschreibung: | 202 S 21cm |
| ISBN: | 0230602789 0-230-60278-9 9780230602786 978-0-230-60278-6 |