Queer Love in the Middle Ages

Queer Love in the Middle Ages points out queer themes in the works of the French canon, including Perceval, Romance of the Rose, and Roman d'Eneas. It brings out less known works that prominently feature same-sex themes: Yde and Olive, a romance with a cross-dressed heroine who marries a princess; and many others. The book combines an interest in contemporary French theory (Kristeva, Barthes, psychoanalysis) with a close reading of medieval texts. It discusses important recent publications in pre-modern queer studies in the US. It is the first major contribution to queer studies in medieval French literature.

Author: Kenneth A. Loparo
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 01/31/2005
Pages: 195
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 8.48h x 5.98w x 0.66d
ISBN: 9781403963420

About the Author
ANNA KLOSOWSKA ROBERTS is Assistant Professor of French at Miami University, USA. She is the editor of Violence Against Women in Medieval Texts (1998), and author of numerous articles on Medieval and Renaissance French literature.