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Medieval Feminist Forum, Volume 50, Number 1 (2014): Special Issue, guest ed. Liz Herbert McAvoy, The Medieval hortus conclusus: Revisiting the Pleasure Garden
Liz Herbert McAvoy
Medieval Feminist Forum, Volume: 50, Issue: 1, Pages: 5 - 174
Swansea University Author: Liz Herbert McAvoy
Abstract
The four essays presented in this special issue of Medieval FeministForum examine some of the multifarious functions and meaningsof the prominent literary figura of the hortus conclusus in thehigh to late Middle Ages. Tracing its origins from biblical sources, suchas Genesis and the Song of Songs, a...
| Published in: | Medieval Feminist Forum |
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2014
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http://ir.uiowa.edu/mff/vol50/iss1/ |
| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa20495 |
| Abstract: |
The four essays presented in this special issue of Medieval FeministForum examine some of the multifarious functions and meaningsof the prominent literary figura of the hortus conclusus in thehigh to late Middle Ages. Tracing its origins from biblical sources, suchas Genesis and the Song of Songs, and their intersections with classicaland Persian traditions, these essays focus upon the walled garden’sdeployment in both canonical and lesser-known literary texts, arguingfor far more complex meanings attached to the medieval enclosed gardenthan have generally been considered in a single volume. Liz Herbert McAvoy has edited this Special Issue, and has contributed the general introduction, as well as contributing a 10,000 word essay. |
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| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
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1 |
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5 |
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174 |