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Humanism, in both its rhetoric and practice, attempted to transform the relationships between men that constituted the fabric of early modern society. So argues Alan Stewart in this ground-breaking investigation into the impact of humanism in sixteenth-century England. Here the author shows that by...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stewart, Alan, 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1997]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sodomy.
Renaissance.
Men in literature.
Male friendship.
Male authors, English.
Literature and society.
Literary patrons.
Latin literature, Medieval and modern > Appreciation.
Intellectual life.
Humanists.
Humanism.
Homosexuality and literature.
English literature > Early modern.
Education, Humanistic.
Authors, English > Early modern.
Authors and patrons.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Hommes dans la litterature.
Humanistes > Angleterre.
Renaissance > Angleterre.
Sodomie > Angleterre > Histoire.
Éducation humaniste > Angleterre.
Mecenes de la litterature > Grande-Bretagne.
Amitie masculine > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siecle.
Écrivains et mecenes > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siecle.
Litterature et societe > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siecle.
Homosexualite et litterature > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siecle.
Litterature latine medievale et moderne > Appreciation > Angleterre.
Humanisme > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siecle.
Humanists > England.
Renaissance > England.
Sodomy > England > History.
Education, Humanistic > England.
Literary patrons > Great Britain.
Male authors, English > Biography.
Male friendship > England > History > 16th century.
Authors, English > Early modern, 1500-1700 > Biography.
Authors and patrons > England > History > 16th century.
Literature and society > England > History > 16th century.
Homosexuality and literature > England > History > 16th century.
Latin literature, Medieval and modern > Appreciation > England.
Humanism > England > History > 16th century.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Great Britain.
England.
Angleterre > Vie intellectuelle > 16e siecle.
England > Intellectual life > 16th century.
Biographies.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • NOTE ON TRANSLATIONS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER 1. From Singing Boy to Scholar
  • CHAPTER 2. Remapping the Bounds of Sodomy
  • CHAPTER 3. "Traitors to Boyes Buttockes"
  • CHAPTER 4. "The Proofe of Frends"
  • CHAPTER 5. Epistemologies of the Early Modern Closet
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX.

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