The Seeds of Things : Theorizing Sexuality and Materiality in Renaissance Representations /

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The title of this book translates one of the many ways in which Lucretius names the basic matter from which the world is made in De rerum natura. In Lucretius, and in the strain of thought followed in this study, matter is always in motion, always differing from itself and yet always also made of th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goldberg, Jonathan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2009.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Lucretius > Rezeption.
Lucretius Carus, Titus.
Lucretius Carus, Titus > Influence.
Sachkultur > Motiv > Englische Literatur.
Sexualität > Motiv > Englische Literatur.
Englische Literatur > Motiv > Sachkultur.
Englische Literatur > Motiv > Sexualität.
Englische Literatur > Geschichte 17. Jh > Quellen und Vorbilder.
Englische Literatur > Geschichte 16. Jh > Quellen und Vorbilder.
Sex in literature.
Philosophy in literature.
Material culture in literature.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
English literature > Early modern.
RELIGION > Sexuality & Gender Studies.
Philosophie dans la litterature.
Culture materielle dans la litterature.
Sexualite dans la litterature.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Conversions: around Tintoretto
  • Turning toward the world: Lucretius, in theory
  • Spenserian askesis: the 1590 Faerie queene
  • Margaret Cavendish and Lucy Hutchinson: writing matter
  • Milton's angels.

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