Ovid and the Renaissance Body

Body has been one of the main preoccupations of current Renaissance historiography and current critical theory. Both the literary representation of the body and the construction of the material body in Renaissance anatomical and medical discourses have been used to explore the dynamics of early modern sexuality, gender, and society. Yet the influence of Ovid's texts on the construction of the Renaissance discourses of gender, sexuality, and subjectivity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487524196
• ISBN13: 9781487524197
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher