Medieval Misogyny and the Invention of Western Romantic Love by R. Howard Bloch

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9780226059730
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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226059731
ISBN-13
9780226059730
eBay Product ID (ePID)
81199

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
308 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Medieval Misogyny and the Invention of Western Romantic Love
Subject
Love & Romance, Women, Women's Studies, Europe / General, Europe / Medieval, Human Sexuality (See Also Social Science / Human Sexuality), Sociology / Marriage & Family
Publication Year
1992
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Family & Relationships, Social Science, Psychology, History
Author
R. Howard Bloch
Format
Trade Paperback

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Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
18.1 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

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Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
91-012699
Dewey Edition
20
Dewey Decimal
305.40902
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Molestiae Nuptiarum and the Yahwist Creation 2. Early Christianity and the Estheticization of Gender 3. "Devil's Getaway" and "Bride of Christ" 4. The Poetics of Virginity 5. The Old French Lay and the Myriad Modes of Male Indiscretion 6. The Love Lyric and the Paradox of Perfection 7. Heiresses and Dowagers: The Power of Women to Dispose Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
Until now the advent of Western romantic love has been seen as a liberation from-or antidote to-ten centuries of misogyny. In this major contribution to gender studies, R. Howard Bloch demonstrates how similar the ubiquitous antifeminism of medieval times and the romantic idealization of woman actually are. Through analyses of a broad range of patristic and medieval texts, Bloch explores the Christian construction of gender in which the flesh is feminized, the feminine is aestheticized, and aesthetics are condemned in theological terms. Tracing the underlying theme of virginity from the Church Fathers to the courtly poets, Bloch establishes the continuity between early Christian antifeminism and the idealization of woman that emerged in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. In conclusion he explains the likely social, economic, and legal causes for the seeming inversion of the terms of misogyny into those of an idealizing tradition of love that exists alongside its earlier avatar until the current era. This startling study will be of great value to students of medieval literature as well as to historians of culture and gender., Until now the advent of Western romantic love has been seen as a liberation from--or antidote to--ten centuries of misogyny. In this major contribution to gender studies, R. Howard Bloch demonstrates how similar the ubiquitous antifeminism of medieval times and the romantic idealization of woman actually are. Through analyses of a broad range of patristic and medieval texts, Bloch explores the Christian construction of gender in which the flesh is feminized, the feminine is aestheticized, and aesthetics are condemned in theological terms. Tracing the underlying theme of virginity from the Church Fathers to the courtly poets, Bloch establishes the continuity between early Christian antifeminism and the idealization of woman that emerged in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. In conclusion he explains the likely social, economic, and legal causes for the seeming inversion of the terms of misogyny into those of an idealizing tradition of love that exists alongside its earlier avatar until the current era. This startling study will be of great value to students of medieval literature as well as to historians of culture and gender.
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HQ1143.B56 1991

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