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Cupid in early modern literature and culture /

"Cupid became a popular figure in the literary and visual culture of post-Reformation England. He served to articulate and debate the new Protestant theory of desire, inspiring a dark version of love tragedy in which Cupid kills. But he was also implicated in other controversies, as the object...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kingsley-Smith, Jane, 1973-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Cupid, art and idolatry
  • 2. Cupid, death and tragedy
  • 3. Cupid, chastity and rebellious women
  • 4. Cupid and the boy: the pleasure and pain of boy-love
  • 5. 'Cupid and Psyche': the return of the sacred?