Gender, Rhetoric, and Print Culture in French Renaissance Writing
(Part of the Cambridge Studies in French Series)
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Floyd Gray explores how the treatment of controversial subjects in French Renaissance writing was affected by rhetorical conventions and the commercial requirements of an expanding publishing industry. Focusing on a wide range of discourses on gender issues--misogynist, feminist, autobiographical, homosexual and medical--Gray reveals the extent to which these marginalized texts reflect literary concerns rather than social reality. His new readings of Rabelais, Montaigne, Louise Lab and others, challenge the inherent anachronism of criticism that fails to take account of the cultural context of the period.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521024870
ISBN13:9780521024877
Release Date:March 2006
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:240 Pages
Weight:0.79 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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16th Century 17th Century Criticism & Theory European History History & Criticism Humanities Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature & Fiction Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Movements & Periods Renaissance Women in History Women Writers Women's Studies World World LiteratureCustomer Reviews
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