| Music, Body, and Desire in Medieval Culture: Hildegard of Bingen to Chaucer Contributor(s): Holsinger, Bruce W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804740585 ISBN-13: 9780804740586 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $38.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2002 Annotation: " What a wonderful book! It will change the whole way we look at, read, and listen to the Middle Ages. Holsinger' s grasp of the history of Latin and vernacular literature, philosophy, art, and history as it pertains to his topic, is breathtaking. What holds the whole argument together is [the author' s superb grasp of] music." -- Michael Camille, University of Chicago " The book is interesting, intriguing, and provides a valuable model for new ways of approaching musical repertory." -- Notes |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | History & Criticism - General - History | Europe - Medieval |
| Dewey: 780.902 |
| LCCN: 00067945 |
| Series: Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture |
| Physical Information: 1.09" H x 6.06" W x 9.04" (1.44 lbs) 496 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ranging chronologically from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries and thematically from Latin to vernacular literary modes, this book challenges standard assumptions about the musical cultures and philosophies of the European Middle Ages. Engaging a wide range of premodern texts and contexts, the author argues that medieval music was quintessentially a practice of the flesh. It will be of compelling interest to historians of literature, music, religion, and sexuality, as well as scholars of cultural, gender, and queer studies. |