1 option
High anxiety : masculinity in crisis in early modern France / edited by Kathleen P. Long.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Sixteenth century essays & studies ; Volume 59.
- Sixteenth century essays & studies ; Volume 59
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Masculinity in literature.
- Masculinity--France.
- Masculinity.
- French literature--16th century--History and criticism.
- French literature.
- Anxiety in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Kirksville, Missouri : Truman State University Press, [2002]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This collection explores the evolution of notions about masculinity during the intense crisis of Renaissance and early modern France. Authors of the period reflect the anxieties about masculinity that became more pronounced against the backdrop of major events and innovations of the period: the religious conflict in France, the repeated questioning of religious and royal authority, the revival of Greek skepticism, the discovery of the New World, and the rise of clinical medicine. These events in turn fueled growing doubt concerning the fixed and hierarchical nature of gender distinction, a distinction upon which many felt French culture was dependent for its very survival.
- Contents:
- ""Contributors""""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-935503-43-X
- OCLC:
- 1287098222
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.