Before the closet same-sex love from Beowulf to Angels in America Frantzen, Allen J. 1947- creator author. text bibliography Criticism, interpretation, etc. History. ilu 1998 monographic eng print x, 369 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Since the publication of John Boswell's Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality, historians have accepted the view that the early Middle Ages tolerated and even fostered same-sex relations and that intolerance of homosexuality developed only late in the medieval period. In this extraordinary study, Allen J. Frantzen challenges this long-held belief, showing that the early medieval Church did not tolerate same-sex acts, and, furthermore, that men and women during this time who preferred homosexual relations pursued their desires in spite of official sanctions. The early medieval period was, Frantzen argues, an age before people recognized the existence - or the possibility - of the "closet." ch. 1. What's love got to do with it? -- ch. 2. Kiss and tell: Anglo-Saxon tales of manly men and women -- ch. 3. Surveying same-sex relations in the early middle ages -- ch. 4. Sociology of sex in Anglo-Saxon laws and penitentials -- ch. 5. Shadow of Sodom: same-sex relations in pastoral prose and poetry -- ch. 6. Sex and the Anglo-Saxons from the Norman conquest to the Renaissance -- ch. 7. Alla, angli, and angels in America. Allen J. Frantzen. The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy is inscribed by the author. Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-358) and index. e-uk--- n-us--- Kushner, Tony Beowulf English literature Old English, ca. 450-1100 History and criticism Homosexuality and literature England History Anglo-Saxons in literature Lesbians in literature Gay men in literature Love in literature Homosexuality history Literature English Beowulf Kushner, Tony Beowulf Littérature anglaise ca 450-1100 (Vieil anglais) Histoire et critique Homosexualité dans la littérature Angleterre Histoire Anglo-Saxons dans la littérature Lesbiennes dans la littérature Homosexuels masculins dans la littérature Amour dans la littérature 18.05 English literature Beowulf Anglo-Saxons in literature English literature Old English Gay men in literature Homosexuality and literature Lesbians in literature Love in literature England Homosexualität Literatur Homoseksualiteit Letterkunde Engels Kushner, Tony King of the Geats Beowulf English literature Old English, 450-1100 History and criticism Homosexuality and literature Great Britain History Anglo-Saxons in literature Lesbians in literature Gay men in literature Love in literature Englisch 450-1100 fast PR179.H66 F73 1998 829/.09353 18.05 0226260917 9780226260914 0226260925 9780226260921 98014935 DLC 980225 20210311111912.0 in00001464981 eng