Representations of the body in French Renaissance poetry
By: Karen R. Sorsby.
Series: Studies in the humanities ;; v. 47; Studies in the humanities (New York, N.Y.) ;; v. 47.
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
Subjects: French poetry -- 16th century -- History and criticism; Body, Human, in literature; Sex in literature; Aesthetics in literature; Literature and medicine -- France -- History -- 16th century
Description: "Representations of the Body in French Renaissance Poetry examines the poetic debate over the nature and importance of the body in the sixteenth century, a subject about which Renaissance poets had a great deal to say. Focusing on the evolution of dissection and physical examination of the human body, Karen Sorsby presents a detailed and sophisticated understanding of the language of the body as it is used by poets such as Maurice Sceve, Du Bellay, Ronsard, Louise Labe, Agrippa d'Aubigne, and Du Bartas.

A guiding assumption of this study is that sixteenth-century French poets considered the acquisition of self-knowledge to be necessary to the understanding of man. They relied on anatomy in their poetry to provide a sense of body and soul, which they believed to be necessary to acquire self-knowledge."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [125]-132) and index.