Queer (re)readings in the French Renaissance
Subtitle: homosexuality, gender, culture
By: by Gary Ferguson.
Publisher: Ashgate; Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9780754663775
Subjects: French literature -- 16th century -- History and criticism; Homosexuality in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pre-modern (homo)sexuality : historical and theoretical issues; title: Homosexuality and gender : historical (trans)formations; title: Homosexuality, nature, and taste; title: Queer (re)readings; title: Italian imports : tales of Sodom and other cities; title: Splitting hairs : (re)reading (with) Ronsard; title: Mourning/scorning the mignons : representations of heroism and favouritism at the court of Henri III; title: Montaigne's itchy ears : friendship, marriage, (homo)sexuality and scepticism; title: Androgynes, hermaphrodites, and courtesans : women, queer nature and (queer?) pleasures; title: Towards modernity : on kissing, whipping, confession, and the closet' François de Sales and Henri III.