The Rhetoric of Sexuality and the Literature of the French Renaissance (Cambridge Studies in French)

By Lawrence D. Kritzman

Book Overview

An exploration of gender, the body and the dynamics of repression in key literary works of the French Renaissance. The author describes how sexuality functions as a rhetorical figure through which desire is represented.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023108269X
• ISBN13: 9780231082693
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher