High Anxiety: Masculinity in Crisis in Early Modern France

Prof. Kathleen P. Long

ISBN 10: 0943549922 / ISBN 13: 9780943549927

Edité par Bristol Publishing Enterprises Inc.,U.S., 2002

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Synopsis :

This collection explores the evolution of notions about masinity during the intense crisis of Renaissance and early modern France. Authors of the period reflect the anxieties about masinity that became more pronounced against the backdrop of major events and innovations of the period: the religious conflict in France, the repeated questioning of religious and royal authority, the revival of Greek skepticism, the discovery of the New World, and the rise of clinical medicine. These events in turn fueled growing doubt concerning the fixed and hierarchical nature of gender distinction, a distinction upon which many felt French ture was dependent for its very survival.

À propos de l'auteur: Kathleen Long is professor of French at Cornell University and author of articles and books on Renaissance literature and culture, including Another Reality: Poetry and the Imagination in the Works of Ovid, Petrarch, and Ronsard; High Anxiety: Masculinity in Crisis in Early Modern France (edited volume); and Hermaphrodites in Renaissance Europe.

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Titre : High Anxiety: Masculinity in Crisis in Early...
Éditeur : Bristol Publishing Enterprises Inc.,U.S.
Date d'édition : 2002
Reliure : Paperback / softback
Etat : New