Erotic Tales Of Medieval Germany
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Erotic Tales Of Medieval Germany
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Author : Albrecht Classen
language : en
Publisher: Medieval and Renaissance Texts
Release Date : 2007
Erotic Tales Of Medieval Germany written by Albrecht Classen and has been published by Medieval and Renaissance Texts this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
The Forest In Medieval German Literature
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Author : Albrecht Classen
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2015-06-03
The Forest In Medieval German Literature written by Albrecht Classen and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-03 with Literary Criticism categories.
By pursuing an ecocritical reading, The Forest in Medieval German Literature examines passages in medieval German texts where protagonists operated in the forest and found themselves either in conflictual situations or in refuge. By probing the way the individual authors dealt with the forest, illustrating how their characters fared in this sylvan space, the role of the forest proved to be of supreme importance in understanding the fundamental relationship between humans and nature. The medieval forest almost always introduced an epistemological challenge: how to cope in life, or how to find one’s way in this natural maze. By approaching these narratives through modern ecocritical issues that are paired with premodern perspectives, we gain a solid and far-reaching understanding of how medieval concepts can aid in a better understanding of human society and nature in its historical context. This book revisits some of the best and lesser known examples of medieval German literature, and the critical approach used here will allow us to recognize the importance of medieval literature for a profound reassessment of our modern existence with respect to our own forests.
Ogling Ladies
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Author : Sandra Lindemann Summers
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Release Date : 2019-03-18
Ogling Ladies written by Sandra Lindemann Summers and has been published by University Press of Florida this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-18 with Literary Criticism categories.
In the European Middle Ages, the harm a person’s gaze could cause was greatly feared. A stare was considered an act of aggression; intense gazing was believed to exert immense power over the individual observed. The love of looking, or scopophilia, is a common motif among female figures in medieval art and literature where it is usually expressed as a motherly or sexually interested gaze--one sanctioned, the other forbidden. Sandra Summers investigates these two major variants of female voyeurism in exemplary didactic and courtly literature by medieval German authors. Setting the motif against the period’s dominant patriarchal ethos and its almost exclusive pattern of male authorship, Summers argues that the maternal gaze was endorsed as a stabilizing influence while the erotic gaze was condemned as a threat to medieval order. Summers examines whether medieval artists and writers invented the idea of “ogling,” or whether they were simply recording a behavioral practice common at the time. She investigates how the act of ogling altered the narrative trajectory of female characters, and she also considers how it may have affected the regulation and restriction of women during Europe’s Middle Ages. Drawing upon contemporary gender studies, women’s studies, film studies, and psychology, Summers argues that the female gaze ultimately governs social formation. The exploration of the female gaze in period literature transcends medieval scholarship and impacts our understanding of the broader problem of gender perceptions and social structuring in Western civilization.
Ladies Whores And Holy Women
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language : en
Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
Release Date : 2010-07-01
Ladies Whores And Holy Women written by and has been published by Medieval Institute Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-01 with History categories.
This sourcebook presents editions and translations of seven fourteenth- and fifteenth-century texts that advance our understanding of gender, sexuality, and class in the late medieval German-speaking world. Three of the translated texts are fiction. Additionally, there is a religious treatise, a religious legend, an inventory of books, and a legal document. While each of these texts is instructive in and of itself, they gain in complexity when brought into dialogue with one another.
Prostitution In Medieval And Early Modern Literature
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Author : Albrecht Classen
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2019-07-18
Prostitution In Medieval And Early Modern Literature written by Albrecht Classen and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-18 with Literary Criticism categories.
Prostitution is known as the oldest profession in the history of humanity. While historians have already given due consideration to the profession’s social and cultural meanings across time periods, little has been written about literary representations of prostitution. Prostitution in Medieval and Early Modern Literature analyses the work of writers from an array of social positions, including courtly poets and even religious writers, dealing with the topic during the medieval and early modern periods. Its study shows that prostitutes and brothel owners were present on the literary stage far more often than we might have assumed. Utilizing an interdisciplinary approach and incorporating relevant sources from across the entire European continent dating from the early Middle Ages to the sixteenth century, it examines the phenomenon of prostitution in a variety of contexts and highlights the extent to which the institution mattered for both the higher and the lower classes.
The Erotic In The Literature Of Medieval Britain
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Author : Amanda Hopkins
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2007
The Erotic In The Literature Of Medieval Britain written by Amanda Hopkins and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Literary Criticism categories.
An examination of the erotic in medieval literature which includes articles on the role of clothing and nudity, the tension between eroticism and transgression and religion and the erotic.
The Secret In Medieval Literature
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Author : Albrecht Classen
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2022-11-15
The Secret In Medieval Literature written by Albrecht Classen and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Secret in Medieval Literature explores the many secret agents, actions, creatures, and other beings influencing human existence. Medieval poets had a clear sense of the alternative dimension (the secret) and allowed it to enter quite frequently into their texts.
Water In Medieval Literature
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Author : Albrecht Classen
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2017-08-15
Water In Medieval Literature written by Albrecht Classen and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book uncovers the tremendous importance of water for European medieval literature, focusing on a large number of writers and poets. Water proves to be highly meaningful in religious, literary, and factual narratives insofar as it emerges as a central catalyst to bring about epiphany and epistemological and spiritual illumination.
Sexuality In The Middle Ages And Early Modern Times
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Author : Albrecht Classen
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2008-12-10
Sexuality In The Middle Ages And Early Modern Times written by Albrecht Classen and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-12-10 with Literary Criticism categories.
Sexuality is one of the most influential factors in human life. The responses to and reflections upon the manifestations of sexuality provide fascinating insights into fundamental aspects of medieval and early-modern culture. This interdisciplinary volume with articles written by social historians, literary historians, musicologists, art historians, and historians of religion and mental-ity demonstrates how fruitful collaborative efforts can be in the exploration of essential features of human society. Practically every aspect of culture both in the Middle Ages and the early modern age was influenced and determined by sexuality, which hardly ever surfaces simply characterized by prurient interests. The treatment of sexuality in literature, chronicles, music, art, legal documents, and in scientific texts illuminates central concerns, anxieties, tensions, needs, fears, and problems in human society throughout times.
Prostitution And Subjectivity In Late Medieval Germany
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Author : Jamie Page
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2021-01-29
Prostitution And Subjectivity In Late Medieval Germany written by Jamie Page and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-29 with History categories.
Based on legal case studies, this book focuses on how gender discourse shaped the lives of prostitutes in medieval Germany.