Before intimacy : asocial sexuality in early modern England /

Before intimacy : asocial sexuality in early modern England /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gil, Daniel Juan
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2006]
Subjects:
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Sex in literature.
Literature and society > England > History > 16th century.
Literature and society > England > History > 17th century.
Sex customs > England > History > 16th century.
Sex customs > England > History > 17th century.
Man-woman relationships in literature.
Intimacy (Psychology) in literature.
Sex (Psychology) in literature.
Emotions in literature.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • The social structure of passion
  • Intimacy and the eroticism of social distance : Sidney's Astrophil and Stella and Spenser's Amoretti
  • Civility and the emotional topography of The Faerie queene
  • At the limits of the social world : fear and pride in Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida
  • Poetic autonomy and the history of sexuality in Shakespeare's sonnets.