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Madness in Medieval French Literature : Identities Found and Lost by Sylvia Huot (2003, Hardcover)

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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100199252122
ISBN-139780199252121
eBay Product ID (ePID)2462910

Product Key Features

Number of Pages236 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameMadness in Medieval French Literature : Identities Found and Lost
SubjectEuropean / French, Subjects & Themes / General
Publication Year2003
TypeTextbook
AuthorSylvia Huot
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism
FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight14.7 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.4 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2004-297033
Reviews...a highly distinctive contribution to the study of cultural concepts of madness. It is an excellent achievment..., 'In its attnetion to the gendered forms of madness, particularly in debates about love, it offers a new understanding of gendered identities. And in its clear and effective use of Lacanian theory to elucidate the workings of medieval texts, it is also a crucial contribution to the growing critical literature on psychoanalysis and medieval literature.'Notes and Queries, 'In its attnetion to the gendered forms of madness, particularly in debates about love, it offers a new understanding of gendered identities. And in its clear and effective use of Lacanian theory to elucidate the workings of medieval texts, it is also a crucial contribution to the growingcritical literature on psychoanalysis and medieval literature.'Notes and Queries, "When Sylvia Huot publishes a book, it is always an occasion for reencountering medieval French literature through one of the most thoughtful minds in the field. Her newest book is no exception.... Huot's analyses remain admirably tuned to the specificities of her texts.... Readers of those texts, whether medievalists or generalists, will greatly benefit from the general frame that Huot's book now furnishes, and modernists--we can hope--may now learn something more useful to fill in the blanks left by Foucault."--Speculum
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal840.9/3561
Table Of ContentIntroduction1. Abject insanity, madness sublime2. The specular madman3. Madness and social exclusion4. Heterosexuality and its discontents5. The living dead6. Madness and the bodyConclusionBibliographyIndex
SynopsisMadness is a frequent theme in medieval French literature. It afflicts the two greatest heroes of the Arthurian world, Lancelot and Tristan, as well as numerous other knights and unlucky lovers in courtly tradition. It also appears in devotional literature, whether in the form of the 'holy fool' who impersonates madness as a kind of penance or in the motif of lunatics cured through the miraculous intervention of a saint. These texts manifest a wide range of attitudes towards madness, which may be associated with nobility and refinement of character, with chivalric or spiritual transcendence, with tragic illness and impairment, with comic ineptitude, or with sin and degradation. Tracing these various depictions allows for a study of how and why madness is used in different texts and different genres. This new book, from one of the leading critics in medieval studies, ties in with contemporary interest in the politics of identity, and literary constructions of identity. There are many studies of gender, sexuality, race and ethnicity, and class in medieval literature and society, but far fewer of madness. Yet madness is the ultimate 'queerness' or 'otherness', the limit of the human condition. Madness has been identified as an important topic in feminist criticism, but has been explored largely with regard to nineteenth- and twentieth-century studies. The cultural significance of madness in the Middle Ages is often misrepresented in contemporary discussions. Sylvia Huot redresses that imbalance., Written by one of the leading critics in medieval studies, this new book explores the representations of madness in medieval French literature. Drawing on a range of modern psychoanalytic theories and an impressive range of texts from the twelfth to the fifteenth century, Sylvia Huot focuses on the relationship between madness and identity, both personal and collective, and demonstrates the cultural significance of madness in the Middle Ages.
LC Classification NumberPQ155
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