Desiring bodies : Ovidian romance and the cult of form /

Gregory Heyworth's Desiring Bodies considers the physical body and its relationship to poetic and corporate bodies in the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Heyworth, Gregory, 1967-
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, ©2009.
Subjects:	Ovid, > 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. > Influence. Literature, Medieval > History and criticism. Literature, Medieval > Roman influences. Human body in literature. Desire in literature. Romances > History and criticism. Romances, English > History and criticism. English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
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Table of Contents:

Hunting for civilization: Marie de France and the sociology of romance
Economies of romance: systems of value in Chrétien de Troyes
States of union: maiestas, marriage, and the politics of coercion in the Canterbury tales
Missing bodies and changed forms: literal metamorphosis in Petrarch's Rime sparse
Playing for time: generic disunities and ludic dimensions in Romeo and Juliet
Legends of the fall: epic flights and indecorous descents in Paradise lost.

Desiring bodies : Ovidian romance and the cult of form /

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