Kenneth A. Loparo 
Queer Love in the Middle Ages 

Queer Love in the Middle Ages points out queer themes in the works of the French canon, including Perceval , the Romance of the Rose and the Roman d’Eneas . It brings out less known works that prominently feature same-sex themes: Yde and Olive , a romance with a cross-dressed heroine who marries a princess; and many others. The book combines an interest in contemporary French theory (Kristeva, Barthes, psychoanalysis) with a close reading of medieval texts. It discusses important recent publications in pre-modern queer studies in the US. It is the first major contribution to queer studies in medieval French literature.

Table of Content

Acknowledgements Introduction History of Desire, Desire for History: The Queer Cryptology Project Grail Narratives: Castration as a Thematic Site Dissection and Desire: Cross-Dressing and the Fashioning of Lesbian Identity Troy and Theater: Prestigious Spaces for the Representation of Same-Sex Preference Conclusion

About the author

ANNA KLOSOWSKA ROBERTS is Assistant Professor of French at Miami University, USA. She is the editor of
Violence Against Women in Medieval Texts (1998), and author of numerous articles on Medieval and Renaissance French literature.