Medieval writings on sex between men : : Peter Damian's the book of Gomorrah and Alain de Lille's the plaint of nature / / introduced and translated from the Latin by David Rollo.
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...
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Medieval writings on sex between men : Peter Damian's the book of Gomorrah and Alain de Lille's the plaint of nature / introduced and translated from the Latin by David Rollo. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022] ©2022 1 online resource (194 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Explorations in medieval culture ; Volume 19 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. 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. 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. Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. Homosexuality Early works to 1800. Homosexuality in literature. Peter Damian, Saint, 1007?-1072. Liber Gomorrhianus. Print version: Rollo, David Medieval Writings on Sex Between Men Boston : BRILL,c2022 9789004429659 Rollo, David, translator. Explorations in medieval culture ; Volume 19. |
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