Sodomy, masculinity, and law in medi...
Burgwinkle, William E., (1951-)

 

  • Sodomy, masculinity, and law in medieval literature :France and England, 1050-1230 /
  • Record Type: Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
    [NT 15000414]: 820.9384
    Title/Author: Sodomy, masculinity, and law in medieval literature : : France and England, 1050-1230 // William E. Burgwinkle.
    remainder title: Sodomy, Masculinity & Law in Medieval Literature
    Author: Burgwinkle, William E.,
    Description: 1 online resource (xii, 298 pages) : : digital, PDF file(s).
    Notes: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
    Subject: Homosexuality in literature.
    Subject: Sodomy in literature.
    Subject: Masculinity in literature.
    Subject: Literature, Medieval - History and criticism.
    Subject: Homosexuality - History. - Europe
    Subject: Sodomy - History. - Europe
    ISBN: 9780511484735 (ebook)
    [NT 15000229]: William Burgwinkle surveys poetry and letters, histories and literary fiction - including Grail romances - to offer a historical survey of attitudes towards same-sex love during the centuries that gave us the Plantagenet court of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, courtly love, and Arthurian lore. Burgwinkle illustrates how 'sodomy' becomes a problematic feature of narratives of romance and knighthood. Most texts of the period denounce sodomy and use accusations of sodomitical practice as a way of maintaining a sacrificial climate in which masculine identity is set in opposition to the stigmatised other, for example the foreign, the feminine, and the heretical. What emerges from these readings, however, is that even the most homophobic, masculinist and normative texts of the period demonstrate an inability or unwillingness to separate the sodomitical from the orthodox. These blurred boundaries allow readers to glimpse alternative, even homoerotic, readings.
    Online resource: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511484735
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