Homoeroticism and Chivalry: Discourses of Male Same-Sex Desire in the Fourteenth Century

by Richard E. Zeikowitz

Book Overview

Richard E. Zeikowitz explores various discourses of male same-sex desire in diverse 14th century chivalric texts and describes the sociopolitical forces motivating those discourses. He attempts to dethrone traditional heteronormative views by drawing attention to culturally normative "queer" desire. Zeikowitz articulates possible homoeroticized interactions in chivalric texts, such as Charny's Book of Chivalry, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403960429
• ISBN13: 9781403960429
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 8.4"