Rhetoric of Sexuality & French Contributor(s): Kritzman, Lawrence D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521356245 ISBN-13: 9780521356244 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1991 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - French |
Dewey: 840.935 |
LCCN: 90001428 |
Series: Cambridge History of the British Empire |
Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.10 lbs) 278 pages |
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. |