|
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets
|
Buy Now
The Medieval Poet as Voyeur (Hardcover, New)
Loot Price: R2,718
Discovery Miles 27 180
|
|
|
The Medieval Poet as Voyeur (Hardcover, New)
Expected to ship within 12 - 19 working days
|
While love is private, and in medieval literature especially is
seen as demanding secrecy, to tell stories about it is to make it
public. Looking, often accompanied by listening, is the means by
which love is brought into the public realm and by which legal
evidence of adulterous love can be obtained. Medieval romances
contain many scenes in which secret watchers and listeners play
leading roles, and in which the problematic relation of sight to
truth is a central theme. The effect of such scenes is to place the
poem's audience as secret watchers and listeners; and in later
medieval narratives, as the role of the storyteller comes to be
realized, the poet too sees himself in the undignified role of a
voyeur. A. C. Spearing's book explores these and related themes,
first in relation to medieval and modern theories and instances of
looking, and then through a series of readings of romances and
first-person narratives, including works by Beroul, Gottfried von
Strassburg, Chretien de Troyes, Marie de France, Chaucer, Lydgate,
Douglas, Dunbar, and Skelton. Its focus on looking also leads to
the recovery of some less well-known works such as Partonope of
Blois and The Squire of Low Degree. The general approach is
psychoanalytic, but the reading of specific medieval texts always
has primacy, and this in turn makes possible a running critique of
current conceptions of the gaze in relation to power and gender.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
