Representations of the Body in French Renaissance Poetry

Karen R Sorsby (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

152 Seiten

1999
Peter Lang Publishing Inc (Verlag)
9780820442679 (ISBN)

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Representations of the Body in French Renaissance Poetry examines the poetic debate over the nature and importance of the body in the sixteenth century, a subject about which Renaissance poets had a great deal to say. Focusing on the evolution of dissection and physical examination of the human body, Karen Sorsby presents a detailed and sophisticated understanding of the language of the body as it is used by poets such as Maurice Scève, Du Bellay, Ronsard, Louise Labé, Agrippa d'Aubigné, and Du Bartas. A guiding assumption of this study is that sixteenth-century French poets considered the acquisition of self-knowledge to be necessary to the understanding of man. They relied on anatomy in their poetry to provide a sense of body and soul, which they believed to be necessary to acquire self-knowledge.

The Author: Karen R. Sorsby is Associate Professor of French at California State University, Chico. She received her Magistère from the University of Paris, Sorbonne, and her Ph.D. in French from the University of California, Davis. Her research interests are mainly in the field of French literature and history of the early modern period, particularly the development of anatomical science.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.11.1999
Reihe/Serie	Studies in the Humanities ; 47
Zusatzinfo	ill.
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 230 mm
Gewicht	330 g
Themenwelt	Literatur
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Romanistik
	Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Anatomie / Neuroanatomie
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
ISBN-13	9780820442679 / 9780820442679
Zustand	Neuware