The 12th-century Latin Elegiac Comedy Alda humanely depicts Alda’s delight in Pyrrhus’s sexuality, thus correcting classical brutalization of penises. … Read the post reveling in men’s sexuality: Alda & Pyrrhus beyond Spurca & Spurius
The lai Conseil presents French as more courtly than Latin for schooling in love and responds to the scandalous love lessons of De nuntio sagaci. … Read the post lai Conseil elevated Latin rhetoric of De nuntio sagaci into French
The medieval poems De rustico and De clericis et rustico superficially distinguish elite men from rustic men, but also show men’s unity in diversity. … Read the post rustic & elite: appreciating men’s unity in diversity
With De tribus puellis, medieval Latin literature moved Helen and Paris beyond ancient epic horror and Ovid’s struggles. Love finally conquered in classics. … Read the post beauty contests: De tribus puellis no judgment of Paris
The punctuation poem in the early English comedy Ralph Roister Doister shows that love encompasses and trumps hate with different punctuation. … Read the post LOVE TRUMPS HATE: Dame Custance triumphs over Ralph Roister Doister