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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452306103321

Titolo

Developments in the histories of sexualities [[electronic resource] ] : in search of the normal, 1600-1800 / / edited by Chris Mounsey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland, : Bucknell University Press, 2013

ISBN

1-299-46291-X

1-61148-501-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (331 p.)

Collana

Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture

Altri autori (Persone)

MounseyChris <1959->

Disciplina

820.9/353

Soggetti

English literature - 18th century - History and criticism

English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism

Homosexuality and literature - Great Britain

Gender identity in literature - Great Britain

Homosexuality - Great Britain - History - 18th century

Homosexuality - Great Britain - History - 17th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; Ch01. THE HISTORY OF HOMOSEXUALITY RECONSIDERED; Ch02. QUEER RENAISSANCE DRAMATURGY, SHAKESPEARE'S SHREW, AND THE DECONSTRUCTION OF MARRIAGE; Ch03. 'UNUSUAL FIRES'; Ch04. DE-SEXING THE LESBIAN; Ch05. UNQUEERING SAPPHO AND EFFEMINIZING THE AUTHOR IN EARLY MODERN ITALY; Ch06. 'A THING PERHAPS IMPOSSIBLE'; Ch07. THE MOLLY AND THE FOP; Ch08. PROTO-BUTCH OR TEMPORALLY-CHALLENGED TRANS? CONSIDERING FEMALE MASCULINITIES IN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BRITAIN; Ch09. THE SOUND OF MEN IN LOVE; Ch10. "AN EXTRAORDINARY SUBJECT FOR DISSECTION"; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT THE EDITOR

ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

The book develops and brings up to date the arguments about the history of sexuality first visited in Queer People: Negotiations and Expressions of Sexuality, 1600-1800 (Bucknell University Press, 2007).



It marks a cautious farewell to Foucauldian analysis and begins to lay the groundwork for future methodologies for understandi