Albrecht Classen

Prostitution in Medieval and Early Modern Literature

The Dark Side of Sex and Love in the Premodern Era

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Produktbeschreibung

Using an interdisciplinary approach and incorporating sources from across the entire European continent dating from the early Middle Ages to the sixteenth century, this book examines the phenomenon of prostitution in a variety of contexts and highlights the extent to which the institution mattered for both the higher and the lower classes.

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Produktdetails

• Studies in Medieval Literature
• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 554g
• ISBN-13: 9781498585804
• ISBN-10: 1498585809
• Artikelnr.: 56970923

Autorenporträt

Albrecht Classen is university distinguished professor of German studies at the University of Arizona.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Prostitution: A Historical Phenomenon from Late Antiquity to the
Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Ages, Mirrored in Literary Documents
Chapter 2. Modern Voices and Witnesses of Prostitution in Literature
Chapter 3. The Canoness Hrotsvit and the Prostitute: An Early Medieval
Playwright and Her Responses to the "Sordid" World of Prostitution Chapter
4. Christine de Pizan's Advice to Prostitutes: A Late Medieval Perspective
by a Woman Writer Regarding Prostitution Chapter 5. Prostitution in the
Work of Late Medieval Poetry: Oswald von Wolkenstein (1376/77-1445) Chapter
6. Prostitution in the Works by François Villon: Autobiographical-Erotic
Discourse from the Underside of Courtly Culture Chapter 7. The Prostitute
as Protagonist: The Intriguing Case of Fernando de Rojas's Celestina (1499)
Chapter 8. The Sojourn in a Brothel: An Unusual Perspective in a Late
Medieval German Verse Narrative Chapter 9. The Prostitute and Prostitution
in Late Medieval and Early Modern German Song Poetry Chapter 10.
Prostitutes in fabliaux, mæren, and novelli: The Rise of Realism in Late
Medieval and Early Modern Literature Seen through the Lens of Commodified
Sexuality Chapter 11. Prostitutes in Sixteenth-Century Schwänke (Prose Jest
Narratives) Epilogue