Queer (Re)Readings in the French Renaissance Homosexuality, Gender, Culture
Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Pre-modern (Homo)sexuality: Historical and Theoretical Issues -- Homosexuality and Gender: Historical (Trans)formations -- Homosexuality, Nature, and Taste -- Queer (Re)Readings -- 1 Italian Imports: Tales of Sodom and Other Cities -- 2 Splitting Hairs: (Re)Reading (with) Ronsard -- 3 Mourning/Scorning the Mignons: Representations of Heroism and Favouritism at the Court of Henri III
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9781351907194, 9780754663775, 1351907190, 0754663779
1020855190
Contents: Introduction: pre-modern (homo)sexuality: historical and theoretical issues; Homosexuality and gender: historical (trans)formations; Homosexuality, nature and taste; Queer (re)readings; Italian imports: tales of Sodom and other cities; Splitting hairs: (re)reading (with) Ronsard; Mourning/scorning the mignons: representations of heroism and favouritism at the court of Henri III; Montaigne's itchy ears: friendship, marriage, (homo)sexuality, and scepticism; Androgynes, hermaphrodites, and courtesans: women, queer nature and (queer?) pleasures; Towards modernity: on kissing, whipping, confession, and the closet - François de Sales and Henri III; Bibliography; Index.
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