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Pangs of love and longing : configurations of desire in premodern literature /
The complex relationship between psychic structures, social norms, and aesthetic representations is a challenge for every analysis of the historical manifestations of human desire. The collection of essays in "Pangs of Love and Longing" sets out to provide a deeper understanding of this re...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newcastle upon Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
©2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The complex relationship between psychic structures, social norms, and aesthetic representations is a challenge for every analysis of the historical manifestations of human desire. The collection of essays in "Pangs of Love and Longing" sets out to provide a deeper understanding of this relation by an assessment of linguistic and artistic configurations of desire in European literature from antiquity to the early modern period. The aim is to explore historic continuities and ruptures in attitudes towards sexuality, pleasures and bodies, as these are represented in a variety of cultural forms, in order to demonstrate the plurality of premodern desire - and, ultimately, to offer fresh perspectives on our present reality. The seventeen scholars participating in the anthology bring together theories and assessments from different areas of the humanities--German, French, Italian, Spanish, English, and comparative literature, the history of ideas and of art, theology, philosophy and gender studies |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 302 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references at chapter ends, and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781443869737 1443869732 1443847631 9781443847636 |