Biography, Literature and Literary Studies, History and Criticism, General, Ancient, Classical and Medieval

Painful pleasures: Sadomasochism in medieval cultures
Hardback Published on: 12/07/2022
Price: £90.00
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Synopsis
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.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- ISBN: 9781526153333
- Number of pages: 400
- Dimensions: 146 x 223 x 30 mm
- Weight: 628g
- Languages: English