Queering Medieval Genres

by Tison Pugh

Queering Medieval Genres proposes that, within the historical trajectory of many genres, certain agents are privileged while others are marginalized due to their understanding of heteronormative social codes. Examining the ways in which homosexuality disrupts generic and cultural expectations of heteronormativity, this book demonstrates that the introduction of the queer within medieval literature shatters the audience's expectations of textual pleasure...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403964327
• ISBN13: 9781403964328
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.5"