Rewriting the Renaissance: The Discourses of Sexual Difference in Early Modern Europe

Book Overview

Juxtaposing the insights of feminism with those of marxism, psychoanalysis, and deconstruction, this unique collection creates new common ground for women's studies and Renaissance studies. An outstanding array of scholars--literary critics, art critics, and historians--reexamines the role of women and their relations with men during the Renaissance. In the process, the contributors enrich the emerging languages of and about women, gender, and sexual...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226243141
• ISBN13: 9780226243146
• Release Date: September 1986
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"