How Long to Read Sodomy, Masculinity and Law in Medieval Literature

How Long Does it Take to Read Sodomy, Masculinity and Law in Medieval Literature?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 7 minutes to read Sodomy, Masculinity and Law in Medieval Literature by William E. Burgwinkle

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Description

William Burgwinkle surveys poetry and letters, histories and literary fiction - including Grail romances - to offer a historical survey of attitudes towards same-sex love during the centuries that gave us the Plantagenet court of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, courtly love, and Arthurian lore. Burgwinkle illustrates how 'sodomy' becomes a problematic feature of narratives of romance and knighthood. Most texts of the period denounce sodomy and use accusations of sodomitical practice as a way of maintaining a sacrificial climate in which masculine identity is set in opposition to the stigmatised other, for example the foreign, the feminine, and the heretical. What emerges from these readings, however, is that even the most homophobic, masculinist and normative texts of the period demonstrate an inability or unwillingness to separate the sodomitical from the orthodox. These blurred boundaries allow readers to glimpse alternative, even homoerotic, readings.

How long is Sodomy, Masculinity and Law in Medieval Literature?

Sodomy, Masculinity and Law in Medieval Literature by William E. Burgwinkle is 298 pages long, and a total of 76,884 words.

This makes it 101% the length of the average book. It also has 94% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Sodomy, Masculinity and Law in Medieval Literature Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours to read Sodomy, Masculinity and Law in Medieval Literature aloud.

What Reading Level is Sodomy, Masculinity and Law in Medieval Literature?

Sodomy, Masculinity and Law in Medieval Literature is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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