The Androgyne in Early Modern France [electronic resource] : Contextualizing the Power of Gender /
Rothstein, Marian.author.
Based on sources in Genesis and Plato's Symposium , the androygyne during Early Modern France was a means of expressing the full potential of humans made in the image of God. This book documents and comments on the range of references to the androgyne in the writings of poets, philosophers, courtiers, and women in positions of political power.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The sources of the androgyne -- On functional gender -- Picturing the androgyne -- The literary androgyne -- On famous women and the androgyne -- The political androgyne -- Part I Anne de Bretagne -- Part II Marguerite de Navarre -- Part III Catherine de Médicis -- Part IV Jeanne d'Albret -- By way of conclusion.
Based on sources in Genesis and Plato's Symposium , the androygyne during Early Modern France was a means of expressing the full potential of humans made in the image of God. This book documents and comments on the range of references to the androgyne in the writings of poets, philosophers, courtiers, and women in positions of political power.
European literature.
Literature, Modern.
Sociology.
Literature—History and criticism.
European Literature.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.
Gender Studies.
Literary History.