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Claustrophilia The Erotics of Enclosure in Medieval Literature

Claustrophilia The Erotics of Enclosure in Medieval Literature

Description

Through extended readings of English, French, and Italian writers of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth centuries, Claustrophilia shows that medieval enclosures actually make room for desires and communities that a poetics of pure openness would exclude.

Keywords

Literary CriticismMedievalSocial ScienceGender StudiesSociologyHistoryEuropeAncient & ClassicalReligionLanguage Arts & DisciplinesLinguisticsHistorical & Comparative

2007Book

Author(s)CARY HOWIE

PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US

ISBN9781403971975

LanguageEnglish

SpringerLink Book

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