Sex, Scandal, and Sermon in Fourteenth-Century Spain: Juan Ruiz’s Libro de Buen Amor

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by  Louise M. Haywood (auth.)

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SEX, SCANDAL, AND
SERMON IN FOURTEENTH
CENTURY SPAIN
JUAN RUIZ'S
LIBRO DE BUEN AMOR
Louise M. Haywood
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* SEX, SCANDAL, AND SERMON IN FOURTEENTH-CENTURY SPAIN
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Haywood, Louise M.
Sex, scandal, and sermon in fourteenth-century Spain: Juan Ruiz's
Libro de Buen Arnor / by Louise M. Haywood.
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1. Ruiz, Juan, fl. 1343. Libro de buen amor. 2. Ruiz, Juan, fl.
1343-Humor. 3. Body, Human, in literature. 4. Sex in literature.
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To Jon and Jake
E as! como el nino faze cosa de que todos nen, as! el amador,
s:iego del desordenado fuego del querer, as! ha e pone en obra
cosa de que todos nen e escarness:en
[And thus like the child who does things that make everyone laugh,
so also the lover, blinded by the disordered fire of love, does things
and undertakes acts at which everyone laughs and mocks]
Juan de Mena, Tratado de arnor, p. 379

CONTENTS
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
1 Humor and the Humors 15
2 The Gaze and the Grotesque 49
3 The Stand-Up Archpriest 97
Conclusion: Sex, Scandal, and Sermon 143
Notes 153
Works Cited 177
Index of Stanzas 193
Subject Index 197