The Yard of Wit : Male Creativity and Sexuality, 165-175 /

"Positioning sexuality as a volatile mechanism in the development of creative energy, The Yard of Wit explains why male writers associated their authorial work - both the internal site of creativity and its status in public - with their genitalia and reproductive and erotic acts, and how these...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Stephanson, Raymond
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2004]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Pope, Alexander, > 1688-1744.
Pope, Alexander, > 1688-1744 > Authorship.
Sex in literature.
Men in literature.
Masculinity in literature.
Male authors, English > Sexual behavior.
Male authors, English > Psychology.
Human body in literature.
Generative organs, Male.
English literature > Male authors.
English literature > Early modern.
English literature.
Creative ability.
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Authorship.
Authors, English > Psychology.
Authors, English > Early modern > Psychology.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
creativity.
Creativite.
Sexualite dans la litterature.
Hommes dans la litterature.
Organes genitaux mâles.
Corps humain dans la litterature.
Écrivains anglais > 18e siecle > Psychologie.
Masculinite dans la litterature.
Litterature anglaise > 18e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Authors, English > 18th century > Psychology.
Authors, English > Early modern, 1500-1700 > Psychology.
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) > History > 18th century.
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) > History > 17th century.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
English literature > Male authors > History and criticism.
English literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Positioning sexuality as a volatile mechanism in the development of creative energy, The Yard of Wit explains why male writers associated their authorial work - both the internal site of creativity and its status in public - with their genitalia and reproductive and erotic acts, and how these gestures functioned in the new marketplace of letters. Using the figure and writings of Alexander Pope as a touchstone, Stephanson offers an inspired reading of an important historical convergence, a double commodification of male creativity and of masculinity as the sexualized male body." "In considering how literary discourses about male creativity are linked to larger cultural formations, this elegant, enlightening book offers new insight into sex and gender, maleness and masculinity, and the intricate relationship between the male body and mind."--Jacket
Descripción Física:1 online resource (312 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780812203660

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