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- Title
Long-Distance Love: The Ideology of Male-Female Spiritual Friendship in Goscelin of Saint Bertin's.
- Authors
CANATELLA, H. M.
- Abstract
A literary criticism of the book "Liber confortatorius (Book of Encouragement)" by Goscelin of Saint Bertin, who probably served as the chaplain at the aristocratic nunnery in Wilton, England. The book emphasized the spiritual intimacy of Goscelin and Eve of Wilton, who later became an anchoress at the church of Saint Laurent du Tertre in Angers, France. The author states that the author wrote about love, friendship and desire.
- Subjects
CRITICISM; LIBER confortatorius/Book of Encouragement (Book); GOSCELIN, of Saint-Bertin, ca. 1035-ca. 1107; LITERARY criticism; MEDIEVAL literature; MAN-woman relationships in literature
- Publication
Journal of the History of Sexuality, 2010, Vol 19, Issue 1, p35
- ISSN
1043-4070
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.1353/sex.0.0079