Queer (re)readings in the French Renaissance : homosexuality, gender, culture / Gary Ferguson.

Author/creator Ferguson, Gary, 1963-
Format Book
Publication InfoAldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2008.
Descriptionix, 375 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
French literature--16th century. --History and criticism.
Homosexuality in literature.

Contents Pre-modern (homo)sexuality : historical and theoretical issues -- Homosexuality and gender : historical (trans)formations -- Homosexuality, nature, and taste -- Queer (re)readings -- Italian imports : tales of Sodom and other cities -- Splitting hairs : (re)reading (with) Ronsard -- Mourning/scorning the Mignons : representations of heroism and favouritism at the court of Henri III -- Montaigne's itchy ears : friendship, marriage, (homo)sexuality and scepticism -- Androgynes, hermaphrodites, and courtesans : women, queer nature and (queer?) pleasures -- Towards modernity : on kissing, whipping, confession, and the closet : François de Sales and Henri III.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [335]-366) and index.
LCCN 2008015492
ISBN9780754663775 (alk. paper)
ISBN0754663779 (alk. paper)