Music, Body, and Desire in Medieval Culture Hildegard of Bingen to Chaucer |
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| Author:
| Holsinger, Bruce W. |
| Series title: | Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8047-4058-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2002 |
| Publisher: | Stanford University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $40.00 |
Book Description:
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Ranging chronologically from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries and thematically from Latin to vernacular literary modes, this book challenges standard assumptions about the musical cultures and philosophies of the European Middle Ages. Engaging a wide range of premodern texts and contexts, the author argues that medieval music was quintessentially a practice of the flesh. It will be of compelling interest to historians of literature, music, religion, and sexuality, as well as...
More DescriptionRanging chronologically from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries and thematically from Latin to vernacular literary modes, this book challenges standard assumptions about the musical cultures and philosophies of the European Middle Ages. Engaging a wide range of premodern texts and contexts, the author argues that medieval music was quintessentially a practice of the flesh. It will be of compelling interest to historians of literature, music, religion, and sexuality, as well as scholars of cultural, gender, and queer studies.