Carpe corpus
Subtitle: time and gender in early modern France
By: Cathy Yandell.
Publisher: University of Delaware Press; Associated University Presses
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Newark; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
Subjects: French poetry -- 16th century -- History and criticism.; Space and time in literature.; Gender identity in literature.
Description: "Carpe Corpus investigates time as it was theorized, imagined, and lived in early modern France. Despite the current flourishing of critical attention to women poets' works, critical assessments of Renaissance temporality remain almost exclusively shaped by early modern male writers." "A reading uninformed by female poets has deprived us of a more multifaceted vision of the temporal concordia discors at work in all these poets.".

"In Carpe Corpus, Cathy Yandell offers original interpretations of such literary giants as Ronsard and Louise Labe, as well as lesser-known but increasingly studied poets of the sixteenth century, notably Anne de Marquets, Nicole Estienne, and Catherine des Roches. Through readings of poetry, conduct manuals, and moral treatises, this volume seeks to reconstruct the temporal landscape of early modern France."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-267) and index.