The Rhetoric of Sexuality and the Literature of the French Renaissance Contributor(s): Kritzman, Lawrence D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0511627653 ISBN-13: 9780511627651 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $140.25 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: August 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - French |
Dewey: 840.900 |
Series: Cambridge Studies in French |
Themes: - Cultural Region - French |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This is the first wide-ranging theoretical study to investigate how sexuality underlies literary production in the French Renaissance. It examines the relationship between psychoanalytic theory and French Renaissance literature, and explores the issues of gender, the body, and repression through detailed readings of key literary texts. |