Same-Sex Desire in the English Renaissance : A Sourcebook of Texts, 1470-1650
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Garland Studies in the Renaissance
ISBN-10
0815336268
ISBN-13
9780815336266
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 30th, 2003
Print length
440 Pages
Weight
970 grams
Product Classification:
Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800Gay & Lesbian studies
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Borris asks whether homosexuality was differentiated as a distinct sexual identity in the 16th and 17th centuries. He concludes that indeed it was, and includes relevant sections from biblical commentary, legal writings, medical and scientific writings, popular encyclopedias and travel literature to support his claim.
The readings gathered here include many rare texts that have not been reprinted for centuries, excerpted from biblical commentary, legal writings, medical and scientific writings, popular encyclopedias, and literature, as well as continental vernacular and Latin sources never before available in English translation. The selections are assembled in ten chapters addressing particular discursive fields - Theology, Law, Medicine, Astrology, Physiognomics, Encyclopedias and Reference Works, Prodigious Monstrosities, Love and Friendship, the Sapphic Renaissance, and Erotica. Each chapter includes a substantial introduction summarizing its topic and its relation to early modern homoeroticism. The volume also poignantly addresses key issues in Renaissance thinking about sexual identity, and newly clarifies central problems and debates in the historiography of same-sex love.
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