Covert Operations: The Medieval Uses of Secrecy

Karma Lochrie

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 1999

Covert Operations

The Medieval Uses of Secrecy

Karma Lochrie

In the series The Middle Ages Series

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812207194

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About this book

Covert Operations brings the categories and cultural meanings of secrecy in the Middle Ages out into the open. Isolating five broad areas—confession, women's gossip, medieval science and medicine, marriage and the law, and sodomitic discourse—Lochrie examines various types of secrecy and the literary texts in which they are played out.

Author / Editor information

Karma Lochrie is Ruth Halls Professor of English at Indiana University. She is the author of Margery Kempe and Translations of the Flesh, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Reviews

"A tantalizing work. . . . Hidden away in this book are treasures well worth the hunt."—English Historical Review

"Engaging and innovative. . . . The present volume offers exemplary close readings of primary works enhanced and enriched by the theoretical framework."—Choice

"Lochrie takes a significant feature of medieval culture, secrecy, and translates the issues it raises to urgent contemporary concerns while still illuminating their meaning within medieval contexts. Her writing is lucid and concise while at the same time suggestive and provocative. She has an unerring eye for detail, and an impressive ability to argue through example. This is an important book."—Larry Scanlon, Rutgers University

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Introduction, or Dark Matter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Tongues Untied: Confession and Its Secrets Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	12
2. Tongues Wagging: Gossip, Women, and Indiscreet Secrets Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	56
3. Men's Ways of Knowing: The Secret of Secrets and the Secrets of Women Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
4. Covert Women and Their Mysteries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
5. Sodomy and Other Female Perversions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 304
Keywords: History; Medieval and Renaissance Studies

eBook

Published: May 28, 2012
ISBN: 9780812207194