Format:
1 Online-Ressource (184 Seiten)
ISBN:
9789004507326
Series Statement:
Explorations in Medieval Culture volume 19
Content:
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
Note:
David Rollo translates, for the first time together, Peter Damian’s Book of Gomorrah and Alain de Lille’s The Plaint of Nature, the most famous medieval writings on male same-sex relations. He also provides critical commentaries to situate both in historical and cultural context
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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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.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004429659
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Medieval writings on sex between men Leiden : Brill, 2022 ISBN 9789004429659
Language:
English
Keywords:
Petrus Kardinal, Heiliger 1007-1072 Liber Gomorrhianus
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Alanus ab Insulis 1120-1202 De planctu naturae
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Homosexualität
DOI:
10.1163/9789004507326
Author information:
Petrus Kardinal, Heiliger 1007-1072
Author information:
Alanus ab Insulis 1120-1202
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