Buy this book on-line BEER Jeanette : Beasts of Love: Richard de Fournival's Bestiaire d'amour and a Woman's ResponseUniversity of Toronto Press, Toronto, 2003 ISBN 9780802036124
8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. The first gendered prose debate in a European vernacular, Le Bestiaire d'amour and subsequent Response constitute a clash of opposites: a medieval chancellor's erotic bestiary to a woman is countered by the woman's passionate protest against the cleric's misogynistic presuppositions. Jeanette Beer presents a close, linear reading of the two literary texts, examining the context that led to the love-bestiary's production in the thirteenth century, especially an influential version of the Physiologus by Pierre de Beauvais, the suggestiveness of the animal symbolism, and the aftermath of the debate.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of BEER Jeanette : Beasts of Love: Richard de Fournival's Bestiaire d'amour and a Woman's Response. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including out of print books, libri antichi, fine bindings, livres rares and atlases. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |