Sexual Culture in the Literature of Medieval Britain
- ISBN-10
- 184384379X
- ISBN-13
- 9781843843795
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 194
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Authors
- Robert Allen Rouse, Amanda Hopkins, Cory James Rushton
Description
An examination into aspects of the sexual as depicted in a variety of medieval texts, from Chaucer and Malory to romance and alchemical treatises.
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