{"product_id":"the-erotics-of-grief-emotions-and-the-construction-of-privilege-in-the-medieval-mediterranean-hardback-9781501758393","title":"The Erotics of Grief; Emotions and the Construction of Privilege in the Medieval Mediterranean (Hardback) 9781501758393","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Erotics of Grief\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEmotions and the Construction of Privilege in the Medieval Mediterranean\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMegan Moore (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501758393\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 September 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e204 pages, 5 b\u0026amp;w halftones, 2 charts - 5 Halftones, black and white - 2 Charts\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eA welcome addition to histories of emotion, to medieval Mediterranean studies, work on gender, desire and sexuality, as well as work on medieval communities and biopolitics.\u003c\/p\u003e (H-France Forum) \u003cp\u003eMegan Moore proposes a fascinating analysis of grief through this book, which can be considered as a new piece in the ever more complete and complex puzzle of the medieval history of emotions... Moore's book is brilliant, thoughtful, and pleasant to read.\u003c\/p\u003e (Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Erotics of Grief\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003econsiders how emotions propagate power by exploring whose lives are grieved and what kinds of grief are valuable within and eroticized by medieval narratives.\u003c\/b\u003e Megan Moore argues that grief is not only routinely eroticized in medieval literature but that it is a foundational emotion of medieval elite culture. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFocusing on the concept of grief as desire, Moore builds on the history of the emotions and Georges Bataille's theory of the erotic as the conflict between desire and death, one that perversely builds a sense of community organized around a desire for death. The link between desire and death serves as an affirmation of living communities. Moore incorporates literary, visual, and codicological evidence in sources from across the Mediterranean—from Old French \u003ci\u003echansons de geste\u003c\/i\u003e, such as the \u003ci\u003eSong of Roland\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLa mort le roi Artu\u003c\/i\u003e and romances such as \u003ci\u003eErec et Enide\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePhilomena\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFloire et Blancheflor\u003c\/i\u003e; to Byzantine and ancient Greek novels; to Middle English travel narratives such as Mandeville's Travels. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn her reading of the performance of grief as one of community and remembrance, Moore assesses why some lives are imagined as mattering more than others and explores how a language of grief becomes a common language of status among the medieval Mediterranean elite.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Desire and Death in Elite Medieval Emotional Communities\u003cbr\u003e 1. Philomena and the Erotics of Privilege in the Middle Ages\u003cbr\u003e 2. Widows and the Romance of Grief\u003cbr\u003e 3. Masculinity, Mourning, and Epic Sacrifice\u003cbr\u003e 4. Toward a Mediterranean Erotics of Grief\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: The Erotics of Grief and the Stakes of Community\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52607805554968,"sku":"9781501758393","price":39.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-erotics-of-grief-emotions-and-the-construction-of-privilege-in-the-medieval-mediterranean-hardback-9781501758393","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}