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Courtly love undressed : reading through clothes in medieval French culture / E. Jane Burns.

Author/creator Burns, E. Jane, 1948-
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,
Description326 p. ; 24 cm.
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Subject(s)
Series The Middle Ages series
Contents Machine generated contents note: Introduction The Damsel's Sleeve: Reading Through -- Clothes in Courtly Love 1 -- Part I Clothing Courtly Bodies 17 -- 1 Fortune's Gown: Material Extravagance and the Opulence of Love 19 -- Part II Reconfiguring Desire: The Poetics of Touch 57 -- 2 Amorous Attire: Dressing Up for Love 59 -- 3 Love's Stitches Undone: Women's Work in the chanson de toile 88 -- Part III Denaturalizing Sex: Women and Men on a Gendered Sartorial Continuum 119 -- 4 Robes, Armor, and Skin 121 -- 5 From Woman's Nature to Nature's Dress 149 -- Part IV Expanding Courtly Space Through Eastern Riches 179 -- 6 Saracen Silk: Dolls, Idols, and Courtly Ladies 181 -- 7 Golden Spurs: Love in the Eastern World of Floire et Blancheflor 211 -- Coda: Marie de Champagne and the Matiere of Courtly Love 231.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [295]-317) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2002024395
ISBN0812236718 (cloth : alk. paper)

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