Painful pleasures
Sadomasochism in medieval cultures
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Manchester University Press
Publishing:19th Jan '27
£30.00
This title is due to be published on 19th January, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
This timely volume ventures into the subject of sadomasochism in varied aspects of medieval life. Saint’s Lives and mystical treatises provide evidence of failed sadism and empowering masochism. Literary culture in the form of epics and courtly tales preserve stories of eroticised power. These exciting chapters join together to form a picture of medieval culture that is kinky in its practice and deeply psychological at its core.
'The nuanced strengths of each chapter are often in longer, detailed argument, frequently grounded in the close reading of specific texts. Overall, this is a worthwhile and stimulating collection that many readers will find deeply thought-provoking.'
Elizabeth Eva Leech, Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies
ISBN: 9781807072902
Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm x 21mm
Weight: 465g
400 pages