Title Anxious masculinity in early modern England / Mark Breitenberg

Published Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996

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Description 1 online resource (x, 225 pages) Series Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 10 Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 10 Contents 1. Fearful fluidity: Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy -- 2. Purity and the dissemination of knowledge in Bacon's new science -- 3. Publishing chastity: Shakespeare's "The Rape of Lucrece" -- 4. The anatomy of masculine desire in Love's Labor's Lost -- 5. Inscriptions of difference: cross-dressing, androgyny and the anatomical imperative -- 6. Ocular proof: sexual jealousy and the anxiety of interpretation Analysis English literature Special subjects Masculinity Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-221) and index Notes Print version record Subject Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626 -- Criticism and interpretation. Burton, Robert, 1577-1640. Anatomy of melancholy Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Love's labour's lost. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Rape of Lucrece. Anxiety in literature. English literature -- Psychological aspects. English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism. Man-woman relationships in literature. Masculinity in literature. Patriarchy in literature. Sex in literature. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 051158623X 0511887442 (e-book) 9780511586231 9780511887444 (e-book) (paperback) (paperback)

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