02504nam 2200601 a 450 991081865230332120200520144314.01-283-12456-497866131245620-230-30607-110.1057/9780230306073(CKB)2550000000034995(EBL)713257(OCoLC)728642709(SSID)ssj0000495687(PQKBManifestationID)12148646(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000495687(PQKBWorkID)10491922(PQKB)11684653(DE-He213)978-0-230-30607-3(MiAaPQ)EBC713257(EXLCZ)99255000000003499520110621d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOvidian myth and sexual deviance in early modern English literature /Sarah Carter1st ed. 2011.Basingstoke [U.K.] Palgrave Macmillan20111 online resource (221 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-349-31891-4 0-230-24423-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Rape, Revenge, and Verse: Philomela; 3 'Chastity's first martyr': Lucrece; 4 'That female wanton boy': Ganymede, Iphis, and Myths of Same Sex Desire; 5 'Not perfect boy nor perfect wench': Hermaphroditus; 6 Objects of Desire: Pygmalion, Myrrha, Adonis; 7 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; IndexCarter explores early modern culture's reception of Ovid through the manipulation of Ovidian myth by Shakespeare, Middleton, Heywood, Marlowe and Marston. With a focus on sexual violence, homosexuality, incest and idolatry, Carter analyses how depictions of mythology represent radical ideas concerning gender and sexuality.English literatureEarly modern, 1500-1700History and criticismSex in literatureMythology in literatureEnglish literatureHistory and criticism.Sex in literature.Mythology in literature.820.9353809031Carter Sarah801164MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818652303321Ovidian myth and sexual deviance in early modern English literature4201266UNINA