Medieval writings on sex between men: Peter Damian's 'The book of Gomorrah' and Alain de Lille's 'The plaint of nature'

"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 excoriatin...

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Weitere Verfasser: Rollo, David 1957- (ÜbersetzerIn), Petrus Kardinal, Heiliger 1007-1072, Alanus ab Insulis 1120-1202
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Latin
Veröffentlicht: Leiden ; Boston Brill [2022]
Schriftenreihe:Explorations in medieval culture volume 19
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Zusammenfassung:"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"
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:184 Seiten
ISBN:9789004429659