Private Honour and Noble Masculine Image in Early Modern England: Sir Robert Sidney and His Contemporaries

ISBN-13: 9781032189260 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 208 str.

Erika D'Souza

Opis

The permeability between the private and public spheres in the Renaissance led to an emergence of new forms of masculine representation. In a time when manhood was intertwined with militaristic qualities, this bool demonstrates how in the domestic sphere, a gentler version of masculinity was fostered amongst the nobility.

O autorze

Erika D'Souza is an Assistant Professor of English and a specialist in Renaissance/Early Modern literature. She received her Ph.D. in English Literature and the History of Art from the University of Arizona in 2020; since 2022, she has taught at the University of Tokyo in the Department of English at Komaba. Her scholarly work has been previously published in Early Modern Literary Studies, and includes topics from masculinity studies, historical fashion and miniature portraiture.