Same-Sex Desire in the English Renaissance: A Sourcebook of Texts, 1470-1650

ISBN-13: 9780815336266 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 424 str.

Kenneth Borris

Opis

This is an unprecedented anthology of key literary, philosophical, religious, and scientific texts published during the English Renaissance. It poignantly addresses key issues in Renaissance thinking about sexual identity: namely, was homosexuality differentiated as a distinct sexual identity in the 16th and 17th centuries? Borris concludes that indeed it was, and includes relevant sections from biblical commentary, legal writings, medical and scientific writings, popular encyclopedias, travel literature, and other sources to support his claim.

Recenzje

"Borris has assembled a selection of primary texts that is absolutely unequaled by any other anthology. Instead of simply reflecting the current state of scholarship on homosexuality-what one expects in anthologies like this one-Borris pursues an original and timely argument that should make his book command attention in its own right, quite apart from the texts he has gathered. There is nothing like the panoply of texts from so many different fields of discourse that Borris has assembled in Same-Sex Desire. A signal excellence of Borris's collection is the way it maintains a central focus on English texts and yet ranges widely among texts originally produced in Italy, France, Spain, and Germany. That range should make the volume useful to professors of literature and cultural studies in disciplines other than English." -- Bruce R. Smith, University of Southern California

Spis treści

CONTENTS List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Notes on Editorial Practice and Using This Handbook General Introduction 1. Theology 2. Law 3. Medicine 4. Astrology 5. Physiognomy 6. Encyclopedia and Reference Works 7. Prodigious Monstrosities 8. Love and Friendship 9. The Sapphic Renaissance 10. Erotica Copyright Acknowledgments Index of Anthologized Authors and Headings

O autorze

Kenneth Borris is Professor of English at McGill University. He is author of Spenser's Poetics of Prophecy and Allegory and Epic in English Renaissance Literature: Heroic Form in Sidney, Spenser, and Milton. He is coeditor of The Affectionate Shepherd: Celebrating Richard Barnfield. He is a recipient of the MacCaffrey Award and a Canada Research Fellowship.