Sex before Sex: Figuring the Act in Early Modern England
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (722 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0816680779 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Through incisive interpretations of a wide range of literary texts, including Romeo and Juliet, The Comedy of Errors, Paradise Lost, the figure of Lucretia, and pornographic poetry, this collection queries what might constitute sex in the absence of a widely accepted definition and how a historicized concept of sex affects the kinds of arguments that can be made about early modern sexualities.Contributors: Holly Dugan, George Washington U; Will Fisher, CUNY–Lehman College; Stephen Guy-Bray, U of British Columbia; Melissa J. Jones, Eastern Michigan U; Thomas H. Radel, Furman U; Kathryn Schwarz, Vanderbilt U; Christine Varnado, U of Buffalo–SUNY.. Luxon, Dartmouth College; Nicholas F. What is sex exactly? Does everyone agree on a definition? And does that definition hold when considering literary production in other times and places? Sex before Sex makes clear that we cannot simply transfer our contemporary notions of what constitutes a sex act into the past and expect them to be true for the people who were then reading literature and watching plays. The contributors confront h
Five Stars G. Klawitter Superb collection on the most recent scholarly work on Renaissance sexuality.
He is the author of Intimacy and Sexuality in the Age of Shakespeare. . Bromley is assistant professor of English at Miami University. About the AuthorJames M
Bromley is assistant professor of English at Miami University. James M. . He is the author of Intimacy and Sexuality in the Age of Shakespeare