Claustrophilia: The Erotics of Enclosure in Medieval Literature

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.

Author: C. Howie
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 06/08/2007
Pages: 196
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 8.46h x 5.83w x 0.71d
ISBN: 9781403971975

About the Author
CARY HOWIE is Assistant Professor in the Department of Romance Studies at Cornell University, USA.