Ovid's art and the Wife of Bath : the ethics of erotic violence

Ovid's art and the Wife of Bath : the ethics of erotic violence / Marilynn Desmond.

Author/creator	Desmond, Marilynn, 1952-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2006.
Description	xiii, 206 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.--Influence. Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. Ars amatoria. Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Wife of Bath's tale. Literature, Medieval--Roman influences. Literature, Medieval--History and criticism. Sadomasochism in literature.

Contents	Sexual difference and the ethics of erotic violence -- Ovid's Ars amatoria and the wounds of love -- Dominus/ancilla : epistolary rhetoric and erotic violence in the letters of Abelard and Heloise -- Tote enclose : the Roman de la rose and the heterophallic ethic -- The Vieille daunce : the Wife of Bath and the politics of experience -- The Querelle de la rose : erotic violence and the ethics of reading.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-199) and index.
LCCN	2005037802
ISBN	0801443792 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0801473179 (pbk.)
ISBN	9780801443794
ISBN	9780801473173

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PN681.5 D47 2006	✔ Available	Place Hold