{"product_id":"courtly-and-queer-charlie-samuelson-9780814214985","title":"Courtly and Queer: Deconstruction, Desire, and Medieval French Literature","description":"In \u003ci\u003eCourtly and Queer\u003c\/i\u003e, Charlie Samuelson casts queerness in medieval French texts about courtly love in a new light by bringing together for the first time two exemplary genres: high medieval verse romance, associated with the towering figure of Chr騁ien de Troyes, and late medieval \u003ci\u003edits\u003c\/i\u003e, primarily associated with Guillaume de Machaut. In close readings informed by deconstruction and queer theory, Samuelson argues that the genres' juxtaposition opens up radical new perspectives on the deviant poetics and gender and sexual politics of both. Contrary to a critical tradition that locates the queer Middle Ages at the margins of these courtly genres, \u003ci\u003eCourtly and Queer\u003c\/i\u003e emphasizes an unflagging queerness that is inseparable from poetic indeterminacy and that inhabits the core of a literary tradition usually assumed to be conservative and patriarchal. Ultimately, \u003ci\u003e Courtly and Queer\u003c\/i\u003e contends that one facet of texts commonly referred to as their \"courtliness\"--namely, their literary sophistication--powerfully overlaps with modern conceptions of queerness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charlie Samuelson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814214983\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814214985\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 6.06w x 0.87d","brand":"Charlie Samuelson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43947303469311,"sku":"9780814214985","price":99.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_a874b4f5-2108-4702-8604-a0673520d853.jpg?v=1681517919","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/courtly-and-queer-charlie-samuelson-9780814214985","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}