Medieval writings on sex between men : Peter Damian's The book of Gomorrah and Alain de Lille's The plaint of nature / introduced and translated from the Latin by David Rollo.
| Other author | Rollo, David, translator. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Boston : Brill, 2022. |
| Description | 1 online resource (184 pages). |
| Supplemental Content | Ebook Central |
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| Series | Explorations in medieval culture, 2352-0299 ; 19 Explorations in medieval culture ; 19. ^A1376870 |
| Contents | Acknowledgements -- General Introduction -- 1 Peter Damian, The Book of Gomorrah -- 2 Alain de Lille, The Plaint of Nature -- 3 Importance to Medieval Studies -- 4 Existing Translations -- 5 Approach to Translation, Notes, and Sources -- 6 Terminology -- Part 1: Peter Damian, The Book of Gomorrah (Liber Gomorrhianus) -- Peter Damian: Life -- Critical Commentary -- Text -- Part 2: Alain de Lille, The Plaint of Nature (De planctu Naturae) -- Alain de Lille: Life -- Critical Commentary -- Text -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Abstract | "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."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed March 1, 2022). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Medieval writings on sex between men Boston : Brill, 2022 9789004429659 |
| Genre/form | Early works. |
| LCCN | 2021062482 |
| ISBN | 9004507329 electronic book |
| ISBN | 9789004507326 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | hardcover |
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