The Erotic in the Literature of Medieval Britain
- Author / Editor
- Hopkins, Amanda, and Cory James Rushton, eds.
The Erotic in the Literature of Medieval Britain
- Published
- Rochester, N.Y.; and Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2007.
- Physical Description
- [xi], 182 pp.
- Description
- Thirteen essays by various authors, most focusing on depictions or deferrals of the erotic in Middle English romances, with other topics such as a branch of the "Mabinogi," female Jewish libido, fifteenth-century letters, and more. The editors' introduction surveys the critical context of the topics and comments on Chaucer as the only major Middle English writer who is "routinely allowed some genuine erotic feeling," perhaps because he acknowledges tacitly and otherwise the inherent violence of sex. For three essays that pertain to Chaucer, search for The Erotic in the Literature of Medieval Britain under Alternative Title.
- Contributor
- Rushton, Cory James, ed.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.