Beasts of Love
The first gendered prose debate in a European vernacular, Le Bestiaire d''amour and subsequent Response constitute a clash of opposites: a medieval chancellor''s erotic bestiary to a woman is countered by the woman''s passionate protest against the cleric''s misogynistic presuppositions. Jeanette Beer presents a close, linear reading of the two literary texts, examining the context that led to th...
The first gendered prose debate in a European vernacular, Le Bestiaire d''amour and subsequent Response constitute a clash of opposites: a medieval chancellor''s erotic bestiary to a woman is countered by the woman''s passionate protest against the cleric''s misogynistic presuppositions. Jeanette Beer presents a close, linear reading of the two literary texts, examining the context that led to th...
