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Conservative thinkers of the early Middle Ages conceived of sensual gratification as a demonic snare contrived to debase the higher faculties of humanity. This title examines two texts - Alain de Lille's De planctu Naturae and Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun's Roman de la Rose.

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"There is no book now available that makes the arguments that Rollo is advancing with anything near the force of Kiss My Relics. Through it, one is introduced to complex but rewarding arguments about language theory and representation, and the interplay between Latin and the vernacular, England and the continent, and religious and pagan literary traditions." (William Burgwinkle, King's College, University of Cambridge)"

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/10/2011
      ISBN13: 9780226724614, 978-0226724614
      ISBN10: 0226724611
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      Literary studies: ancient, classical

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Conservative thinkers of the early Middle Ages conceived of sensual gratification as a demonic snare contrived to debase the higher faculties of humanity. This title examines two texts - Alain de Lille's De planctu Naturae and Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun's Roman de la Rose.

      Trade Review
      "There is no book now available that makes the arguments that Rollo is advancing with anything near the force of Kiss My Relics. Through it, one is introduced to complex but rewarding arguments about language theory and representation, and the interplay between Latin and the vernacular, England and the continent, and religious and pagan literary traditions." (William Burgwinkle, King's College, University of Cambridge)"

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