Obscene Pedagogies: Transgressive Talk and Sexual Education in Late Medieval Britain

Author/Contributor(s):	Harris, Carissa M
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Date:	04/15/2021
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

As anyone who has read Chaucer's Canterbury Tales knows, Middle English literature is rife with sexually explicit language and situations. Less canonical works can be even more brazen in describing illicit acts of sexual activity and sexual violence. Such scenes and language were not, however, included exclusively for titillation. In Obscene...