Close readers: humanism and sodomy in early modern england
Auteur :
Stewart, Alan
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691633404
Date de publication :
19 avr. 2016
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
539 g
Format :
B315
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Humanism, in both its rhetoric and practice, attempted to transform the relationships between men that constituted the fabric of early modern society. So argues Alan Stewart in this ground-breaking investigation into the impact of humanism in sixteenth-century England. Here the author shows that by valorizing textual skills over martial prowess, hu