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Knights in arms : prose romance, masculinity, and Eastern Mediterranean trade in early modern England, 1565-1655 /

"Drawing from medieval chivalric culture, the prose romance was a popular early modern genre featuring stories of courtship, combat, and travel. Flourishing at the same moment as the growing English trade with the Eastern Mediterranean, prose romances adopted both Eastern settings and new conce...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stanivukovic, Goran V (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Knights In Arms
  • Introduction: Mapping Territories
  • Part I The Knight And The Romance Of Trade
  • 1. Purchasing Kingdoms In The Eastern Mediterranean
  • 2. The Knight On The Silk Road
  • 3. The Marriage Of Merchant Kingdoms In Romances About Men
  • Part II Intimacy, Sexuality, And The Queer Levant
  • 4. Desire And Knightly Masculinity
  • 5. Cruising The Eastern Mediterranean: The Knight, The Friend, The Favourite, And Homoerotic Romance
  • Afterword: Mediterranean Masculinities
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index