Through extended readings of English, French, and Italian writers of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth centuries, Claustrophilia shows that medieval enclosures actually make room for desires and communities that a poetics of pure openness would exclude.
| ISBN: | 9781403971975 |
| Publication date: | 8th June 2007 |
| Author: | Cary Howie |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 196 pages |
| Series: | The New Middle Ages |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Gender studies, gender groups European history: medieval period, middle ages Religion: general Sociology |