Before intimacy : asocial sexuality in early modern England

Before intimacy : asocial sexuality in early modern England / Daniel Juan Gil.

Author/creator	Gil, Daniel Juan
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2006.
Description	xvi, 187 pages ; 23 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	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.

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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-180) and index.
LCCN	2005021946
ISBN	0816646325 (acid-free paper)
ISBN	0816646333 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PR428.S48 G55 2006	✔ Available	Place Hold