Desiring Bodies : Ovidian Romance and the Cult of Form /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Heyworth, Gregory, 1967-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Ovid, > 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D. > Influence.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Romances, English > History and criticism.
Romances > History and criticism.
Desire in literature.
Human body in literature.
Literature, Medieval > Roman influences.
Literature, Medieval > History and criticism.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Hunting for civilization: Marie de France and the sociology of romance
  • Economies of romance: systems of value in Chretien de Troyes
  • States of union: maiestas, marriage, and the politics of coercion in the Canterbury tales
  • Missing bodies and changed forms: literal metamorphosis in Petrarch's Rime sparse
  • Playing for time: generic disunities and ludic dimensions in Romeo and Juliet
  • Legends of the fall: epic flights and indecorous descents in Paradise lost.

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