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• catalog abstract "Medieval Venuses and Cupids analyzes the transformations of the love deities in later Middle English Chaucerian poetry, academic Latin discourses on classical myth (including astrology, natural philosophy, and commentaries on classical Roman literature), and French conventions that associate Venus and Cupid with Ovidian arts of love. Whereas existing studies of Venus and Cupid contend that they always and everywhere represent two loves (good and evil), the author argues that medieval discourses actually promulgate diverse, multiple, and often contradictory meanings for the deities. Venus is understood simultaneously as a planet, as a historical woman (a prostitute, a lustful woman, or a queen), and as a symbol of philosophical or spiritual truths (the dangers of cupidity, the joys of sexual pleasure, or the bonds of love that unify the cosmos). Cupid similarly is depicted as both male and female, blind and sighted, child and adult, playful and sinister, angelic and demonic. The book establishes the range of meanings bestowed on the deities through the later Middle Ages, and draws on feminist and cultural theories to offer new models for interpreting both academic Latin discourses and vernacular poetry. Since one of the deities' most prominent roles in later Middle English literature is that of sponsoring poetry, this study finally focuses on a Chaucerian poetics of Venus and Cupid.".
• catalog contributor b9160831.
• catalog created "1996.".
• catalog date "1996".
• catalog date "1996.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
• catalog description "Ch. 1. Beyond Binary Thinking: The Two, Three, or Ten Loves -- Ch. 2. Semiotic Nomads -- Ch. 3. Ambiguous Signs, Contingent Truths -- Ch. 4. From Latin to Vernacular: On Poetry and Other Sensual Pleasures -- Ch. 5. Myths of a Venereal Nature -- Ch. 6. Unnatural Acts -- Ch. 7. Remedia Amoris -- Ch. 8. Venus, Cupid, and English Poetry.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog description "Medieval Venuses and Cupids analyzes the transformations of the love deities in later Middle English Chaucerian poetry, academic Latin discourses on classical myth (including astrology, natural philosophy, and commentaries on classical Roman literature), and French conventions that associate Venus and Cupid with Ovidian arts of love. Whereas existing studies of Venus and Cupid contend that they always and everywhere represent two loves (good and evil), the author argues that medieval discourses actually promulgate diverse, multiple, and often contradictory meanings for the deities. Venus is understood simultaneously as a planet, as a historical woman (a prostitute, a lustful woman, or a queen), and as a symbol of philosophical or spiritual truths (the dangers of cupidity, the joys of sexual pleasure, or the bonds of love that unify the cosmos). Cupid similarly is depicted as both male and female, blind and sighted, child and adult, playful and sinister, angelic and demonic.".
• catalog description "The book establishes the range of meanings bestowed on the deities through the later Middle Ages, and draws on feminist and cultural theories to offer new models for interpreting both academic Latin discourses and vernacular poetry. Since one of the deities' most prominent roles in later Middle English literature is that of sponsoring poetry, this study finally focuses on a Chaucerian poetics of Venus and Cupid.".
• catalog extent "294 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "0804725152".
• catalog isPartOf "Figurae (Stanford, Calif.)".
• catalog isPartOf "Figurae".
• catalog issued "1996".
• catalog issued "1996.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press,".
• catalog subject "821/.109352 20".
• catalog subject "Cupid (Roman deity) in literature.".
• catalog subject "English poetry Middle English, 1100-1500 History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "English poetry Roman influences.".
• catalog subject "Hermeneutics.".
• catalog subject "Love in literature.".
• catalog subject "Myth in literature.".
• catalog subject "PR317.S48 T56 1996".
• catalog subject "Poetry, Medieval Roman influences.".
• catalog subject "Sex in literature.".
• catalog subject "Venus (Roman deity) In literature.".
• catalog subject "Venus (Roman deity) in literature.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. Beyond Binary Thinking: The Two, Three, or Ten Loves -- Ch. 2. Semiotic Nomads -- Ch. 3. Ambiguous Signs, Contingent Truths -- Ch. 4. From Latin to Vernacular: On Poetry and Other Sensual Pleasures -- Ch. 5. Myths of a Venereal Nature -- Ch. 6. Unnatural Acts -- Ch. 7. Remedia Amoris -- Ch. 8. Venus, Cupid, and English Poetry.".
• catalog title "Medieval Venuses and Cupids : sexuality, hermeneutics, and English poetry / Theresa Lynn Tinkle.".
• catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
• catalog type "text".