Nature, sex, and goodness in a Medieval literary tradition
White, HughAuthor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2000.
Nature is an important term in the ethical discourse of the Middle Ages and a leading concept in medieval literature. This book examines the moral status of the natural in medieval writings, showing how nature is not always wholly benign.
Specialized.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nature is an important term in the ethical discourse of the Middle Ages and a leading concept in medieval literature. This book examines the moral status of the natural in medieval writings, showing how nature is not always wholly benign.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Specialized.
Guillaume, de Lorris, active 1230.
Alanus, de Insulis, -1202
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Jean, de Meun, approximately 1240-approximately 1305
Gower, John, 1325?-1408
English literature
Nature in literature
French literature
Ethics, Medieval, in literature
Good and evil in literature
Sex in literature
English
Languages & Literatures
English Literature