{"product_id":"desire-against-the-law-9780804729369","title":"Desire Against the Law","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe churches and manuscripts of medieval Europe incessantly juxtapose imagery depicting sacred themes with likenesses of the crudest and basest nature. Drawing on the contrast between Bakhtin's concepts of the carnivalesque and the domain of the law, this book examines such opposites in six major works of pre-1350 Spanish literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrations; A note to the reader; Introduction; 1. Basic premises; 2. Carnival and Charivari; 3. Contrasts in the musical text; 4. The intersection of the planes; 5. The other side of the Diptych: the Auto de los reyes magos; 6.The epic and the Carnivalesque; 7. Carnival and May: the Milagros of Berceo; 8. The fine and the profane: the razon de amor; 9. The point of the text: penetration and participation in the Libro de buen amor; 10. Charivari and the Serranas; 11. The Adventus: sacred and profane; 12. Contrasts and the mirror of princes; 13. Riddle me a riddle; Notes; Works cited; Index.","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405514678615,"sku":"9780804729369","price":62.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804729369.jpg?v=1730492476","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/desire-against-the-law-9780804729369","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}