Sexual Culture in the Literature of Medieval Britain

by Cynthea Masson and Amy S. Kaufman

Book Overview

An examination into aspects of the sexual as depicted in a variety of medieval texts, from Chaucer and Malory to romance and alchemical treatises.

It is often said that the past is a foreign country where they do things differently, and perhaps no type of "doing" is more fascinating than sexual desires and behaviours. Our modern view of medieval sexuality is characterised bya polarising dichotomy between the swooning love-struck knights and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843844443
• ISBN13: 9781843844440
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"