Close Readers: Humanism and Sodomy in Early Modern England

by Alan Stewart

Book Overview

Humanism, in both its rhetoric and practice, attempted to transform the relationships between men that constituted the fabric of early modern society. So argues Alan Stewart in this ground-breaking investigation into the impact of humanism in sixteenth-century England. Here the author shows that by valorizing textual skills over martial prowess, humanism provided a new means of upward mobility for the lowborn but humanistically trained scholar:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069160424X
• ISBN13: 9780691604244
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"