Sexuality and citizenship : metamorphosis in Elizabethan erotic verse /

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"Based for the most part on Ovid's Metamorphoses, epyllia retell stories of the dalliances of gods and mortals, most often concerning the transformation of beautiful youths. This short-lived genre flourished and died in England in the 1590s. Epyllia were produced mainly by and for the youn...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ellis, Jim, 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2003]
Colección:Phoenix Supplementary Volumes.
Temas:
Ovid, > 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. > Appreciation > England.
Ovid, > 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. > Metamorphoses.
Ovid, > 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. > Influence.
Ovid, > 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
Metamorphoses (Ovid)
1500-1700
English poetry > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Sex in literature.
Erotic poetry, English > History and criticism.
English poetry > Roman influences.
Metamorphosis in literature.
Citizenship in literature.
Young men in literature.
Poésie anglaise > 1500-1700 (Moderne) > Histoire et critique.
Poésie érotique anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Sexualité dans la littérature.
Métamorphose (Biologie) dans la littérature.
Jeunes hommes dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Shakespeare.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Art appreciation.
English poetry > Early modern.
Erotic poetry, English.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
England.
Electronic books.
Literary criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Critiques littéraires.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Based for the most part on Ovid's Metamorphoses, epyllia retell stories of the dalliances of gods and mortals, most often concerning the transformation of beautiful youths. This short-lived genre flourished and died in England in the 1590s. Epyllia were produced mainly by and for the young men of the Inns of Court, where the ambitious came to study law and to sample the pleasures London had to offer. Jim Ellis provides detailed readings of fifteen examples of the epyllion, considering the poems in their cultural milieu and arguing that these myths of the transformations of young men are at the same time stories of sexual, social, and political metamorphoses." "Examining both the most famous (Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis and Marlowe's Hero and Leander) and some of the more obscure examples of the genre (Hiren, the Fair Greek and The Metamorphosis of Tobacco), Ellis moves from considering fantasies of selfhood, through erotic relations with others, to literary affiliation, political relations, and finally to international issues such as exploration, settlement, and trade. Offering a revisionist account of the genre of the epyllion, Ellis transforms theories of sexuality, literature, and politics of the Elizabethan age, making an erudite and intriguing contribution to the field."--Jacket.
Notas:Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of York, Toronto.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 292 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-284) and index.
ISBN:9781442679863
1442679867
1281996548
9781281996541
9786611996543
6611996540

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