Medieval romance and the construction of heterosexuality / Louise M. Sylvester
- 作者： Sylvester, Louise
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- 出版： New York : Palgrave Macmillan 2008
- 叢書名： The new Middle Ages
- 主題： Romances, English--History and criticism. , English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500--History and criticism. , Literature, Medieval--History and criticism , Heterosexuality in literature , Femininity in literature , Masculinity in literature. , Sex role in literature. , Sexual dominance and submission
- 版本：1st ed.
- ISBN： 9780230610316 、 0230610315
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- 書目註：This book interrogates our ideas about heterosexuality through examination of medieval romance narratives. Familiar configurations of romantic fiction such as male desire overwhelming feminine reluctance and the aloof masculine hero undone by love derive from this period. This book tests current theories of language and desire through stylistic analysis, examining transitivity choices and speech acts in sexual encounters and conversations in medieval romances. In the context of current preoccupations with gender and sexuality, and consent in rape cases, this study is of interest to scholars investigating language and sexuality as well as those researching and teaching medieval literature and culture Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-192) and index
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- 系統號： 005170720 | 機讀編目格式
館藏資訊
This book interrogates our ideas about heterosexuality through examination of medieval romance narratives. Familiar configurations of romantic fiction such as male desire overwhelming feminine reluctance and the aloof masculine hero undone by love derive from this period. This book tests current theories of language and desire through stylistic analysis, examining transitivity choices and speech acts in sexual encounters and conversations in medieval romances. In the context of current preoccupations with gender and sexuality, and consent in rape cases, this study is of interest to scholars investigating language and sexuality as well as those researching and teaching medieval literature and culture.
內容註
Constructing the heterosexual contract -- Romance and rape -- The sadistic hero -- Dynamics of consensual heterosex -- Romance debased