Sodomy and Interpretation: Marlowe to MiltonA wide-ranging account of the significance of sodomy in the rich discourse of early modern England from 1590 to 1660. The author sets for a challenging reinterpretation of the historicity of homosexuality, reading a variety of Renaissance texts in the light of the work of such contemporary theorists as Foucault, Kristeva, Deleuze, Guattari, Hocquenghem, Derrida, and Althusser. -- adapted from back cover |
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... true causes of things , ( for causes of good and evill fortune for the most part are invisible , ) he supposes causes of them , either such as his own fancy suggesteth ; or trusteth to the Authority of other men , such as he thinks to ...
... true causes of things , ( for causes of good and evill fortune for the most part are invisible , ) he supposes causes of them , either such as his own fancy suggesteth ; or trusteth to the Authority of other men , such as he thinks to ...
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... true that the legal rhetoric of sodomy inscribed a monolithic subject , it may also be true that there was a multiplicity of ways to assume subjective meaning in relation to this inscription . The legal sod- omite , therefore , opens ...
... true that the legal rhetoric of sodomy inscribed a monolithic subject , it may also be true that there was a multiplicity of ways to assume subjective meaning in relation to this inscription . The legal sod- omite , therefore , opens ...
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... true in loue but truly write . " The cognate pun of write / right allows for two possibilities : the possibility ... true poetry and true 45Shakespeare , Shakespeare's Sonnets , p . 169 . love that goes with the young man . " 46 [ 170 ] ...
... true in loue but truly write . " The cognate pun of write / right allows for two possibilities : the possibility ... true poetry and true 45Shakespeare , Shakespeare's Sonnets , p . 169 . love that goes with the young man . " 46 [ 170 ] ...
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References to this book
Homosexual Desire in Shakespeare's England: A Cultural Poetics Bruce R. Smith No preview available - 1995 |