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Autore: | Carter S |
Titolo: | Ovidian Myth and Sexual Deviance in Early Modern English Literature [[electronic resource] /] / by S. Carter |
Pubblicazione: | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2011 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. 2011. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (221 p.) |
Disciplina: | 820.9353809031 |
Soggetto topico: | British literature |
Literature, Modern | |
Fiction | |
Poetry | |
British and Irish Literature | |
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature | |
Poetry and Poetics | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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; Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | Carter 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Ovidian Myth and Sexual Deviance in Early Modern English Literature |
ISBN: | 1-283-12456-4 |
9786613124562 | |
0-230-30607-1 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910781360203321 |
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