Moser Jr. Thomas C. A Cosmos of Desire: The Medieval Latin Erotic Lyric in English Manuscripts

Publisher: University of Michigan Press, 2004. 502 pages. Language: English.Thomas C. Moser, Jr. explores the fascinating body of medieval Latin erotic poetry found in English
manuscripts. His study describes the intellectual and social context from which the great erotic songs of the twelfth century emerged, and examines a variety of erotic poems.
A Cosmos of Desire will interest scholars of medieval literature as well as specialists in Latin poetry and philosophy. Students of Middle English literature will find that it fills an important gap in our understanding of English intellectual life between the twelfth and the fourteenth century. All Latin prose and poetry is translated, some works for the first time, and the book is generously illustrated with photographs of the manuscripts discussed.