The yard of wit : male creativity and sexuality, 1650-1750 / Raymond Stephanson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stephanson, Raymond.

Contributor:

University of Pennsylvania. Press.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.

English literature--18th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

Masculinity in literature.

English literature--Male authors--History and criticism.

English literature--Male authors.

English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)--History--17th century.

Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)--History--18th century.

Authors, English--Early modern, 1500-1700--Psychology.

Authors, English.

Authors, English--18th century--Psychology.

Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744--Authorship.

Pope, Alexander.

Male authors, English--Sexual behavior.

Male authors, English.

Male authors, English--Psychology.

Human body in literature.

Generative organs, Male.

Men in literature.

Sex in literature.

Creative ability.

Authorship.

Psychology.

Authors, English--Early modern--Psychology.

Authors, English--Early modern.

History.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 292 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

Penn Press e-books.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2004]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

"Positioning sexuality as a volatile mechanism in the development of creative energy, The Yard of Wit explains why male writers associated their authorial work - both the internal site of creativity and its status in public - with their genitalia and reproductive and erotic acts, and how these gestures functioned in the new marketplace of letters. Using the figure and writings of Alexander Pope as a touchstone, Stephanson offers an inspired reading of an important historical convergence, a double commodification of male creativity and of masculinity as the sexualized male body." "In considering how literary discourses about male creativity are linked to larger cultural formations, this elegant, enlightening book offers new insight into sex and gender, maleness and masculinity, and the intricate relationship between the male body and mind."--Jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: Male Creativity and Its Changing Contexts

Masculinity as Male Genitalia

The Sexual Traffic in Male Creativity

Pope and Male Literary Communities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-276) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780812203660

0812203666

OCLC:

868304328

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.