The sexual culture of the French Renaissance
By: Katherine Crawford
Series: Cambridge social and cultural histories
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9780521769891; 9780521749503
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Sexual culture, France, Renaissance?; title: The renaissance of sex : Orpheus, mythography, and making sexual meaning; title: Heavens below : astrology, generation, and sexual (un)certainty; title: Neoplatonism and the making of heterosexuality; title: Cupid makes you stupid : "bad" poetry in the French Renaissance; title: Politics, promiscuity, and potency : managing the king's sexual reputation; title: Dirty thoughts.