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Book Yvain

    Book Details:
  • Author : Chretien de Troyes
  • Publisher : Yale University Press
  • Release : 1987-09-10
  • ISBN : 0300038380
  • Pages : 244 pages

Download or read book Yvain written by Chretien de Troyes and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1987-09-10 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A twelfth-century poem by the creator of the Arthurian romance describes the courageous exploits and triumphs of a brave lord who tries to win back his deserted wife's love

Book The Gendering of Men  1600 1750

Download or read book The Gendering of Men 1600 1750 written by Thomas Alan King and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Taking on nothing less than the formation of modern genders and sexualities, Thomas A. King develops a history of the political and performative struggles that produced both normative and queer masculinities in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The result is a major contribution to gender studies, gay studies, and theater and performance history. The Gendering of Men, 1600-1750 traces the transition from a society based on alliance, which had subordinated all men, women, and boys to higher ranked males, to one founded in sexuality, through which men have embodied their claims to personal and political privacy. King proposes that the male body is a performative production marking men's resistance to their subjection within patriarchy and sovereignty. Emphasizing that categories of gender must come under historical analysis, The Gendering of Men explores men's particpation in an ongoing struggle for access to a universal manliness transcending other biological and social differentials."--Pub. desc. v.1.

Book Charles Pettigrew  First Bishop elect of the North Carolina Episcopal Church

Download or read book Charles Pettigrew First Bishop elect of the North Carolina Episcopal Church written by Bennett H Wall and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-10 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book History of Homosexuality in Europe and America

Download or read book History of Homosexuality in Europe and America written by Wayne R. Dynes and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1992 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book re-prints various essays on gay history from around Europe and America. Includes one essay in German and one in Italian.

Book Love

    Book Details:
  • Author : Simon May
  • Publisher : Yale University Press
  • Release : 2011-07-19
  • ISBN : 0300118309
  • Pages : 314 pages

Download or read book Love written by Simon May and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2011-07-19 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of love and how it developed from its Hebraic and Greek origins to an ideal that obsesses the modern Western world, and highlights philosophers that have challenged conventional thoughts on love and happiness.

Book The Work of the Heart

Download or read book The Work of the Heart written by Martha Tomhave Blauvelt and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Showing work where none seemed to exist, The Work of the Heart suggests emotion work as a key measure of women's status, whether for the twenty-first century or the eighteenth, and offers an analytical tool for historians exploring the self.

Book The Strawberry Hill Set

Download or read book The Strawberry Hill Set written by Brian Fothergill and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2013-12-19 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To Horace Walpole's house at Strawberry Hill, in Twickenham, came a remarkable assortment of poets and writers, artists and antiquaries, politicians and society figures. Among them were Thomas Gray, whose great 'Elegy' might never have been published without Walpole's encouragement; that 'laughter-loving dame' Kitty Clive, the greatest comic actress of her day; Lady Suffolk who entertained Walpole with stories of the days when she was George II's mistress; the epicene John Chute, whose architectural knowledge and enthusiasm helped to inspire Strawberry Hill; the gentle Berry sisters, who comforted Walpole's old age; George Selwyn, celebrated for his wit, languor, and necrophilia. 'If Mr Selwyn calls', said Mr Fox on his death-bed, 'show him up. If I'm still alive I'll be glad to see him and if I'm dead he'll be glad to see me.' The most fascinating member of this circle was Horace Walpole himself. Son of Sir Robert, Member of Parliament for many years, author of the first Gothic romance, The Castle of Otranto, passionate collector, influential amateur of architecture and, above all, prince of English letter-writers, he emerges gradually but clearly through the eyes of his friends. Brian Fothergill, always an accomplished biographer, perhaps found his most congenial subject in this book: the result is a work as entertaining as it is informative.

Book In a Queer Place

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kate Chedgzoy
  • Publisher : Ashgate Publishing
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 252 pages

Download or read book In a Queer Place written by Kate Chedgzoy and published by Ashgate Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do lesbian, gay, and queer identities construct a relation to the institutions that are widely understood to form the basis of social belonging? Starting from diverse theoretical perspectives, the eleven essays in this volume further scholarly debate in the study of gender and sexuality by exploring the relation of non-hetero sexualities to the geographies, poetics and legalities of belonging.Queer studies emerged initially in academic and activist spheres in the US, and the field continues to be dominated by texts and experiences marked by those particular contemporary cultural contexts. By contrast, In a Queer Place shines fresh light on the very different locations of homo sexualities within British and European contexts, and thus represents an important extension of the scope of lesbian and gay studies. Each essay draws on multiple sources, including historical and legal documents, the texts of literature and popular culture, ethnographic writings, and personal experience.In their attention to cultural, historical and textual specifics, the contributors deploy significant new research to elaborate fresh understandings of key concerns in the study of the social meanings of gender and sexuality.

Book A House in Gross Disorder

    Book Details:
  • Author : Cynthia B. Herrup
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
  • Release : 2001
  • ISBN : 0195139259
  • Pages : 241 pages

Download or read book A House in Gross Disorder written by Cynthia B. Herrup and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2001 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work offers an interpretation of the case of the second Earl of Castlehaven, who was convicted of abetting the rape of his wife and of committing sodomy with his servants. He also stood accused of inverting the natural order of his household.

Book No Regrets

    Book Details:
  • Author : Laurel Fulkerson
  • Publisher : OUP Oxford
  • Release : 2013-06-20
  • ISBN : 0199668892
  • Pages : 284 pages

Download or read book No Regrets written by Laurel Fulkerson and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-06-20 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first sustained study examining how the emotions of remorse and regret were manifested in Greek and Roman public life. By discussing the standard lexical denotations of remorse, Fulkerson shows how it was not normally expressed by high-status individuals, but by their inferiors, and how it often served to show defect of character.

Book Roman Homosexuality

    Book Details:
  • Author : Craig A. Williams
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2010-02-01
  • ISBN : 0199742014
  • Pages : 500 pages

Download or read book Roman Homosexuality written by Craig A. Williams and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten years after its original publication, Roman Homosexuality remains the definitive statement of this interesting but often misunderstood aspect of Roman culture. Learned yet accessible, the book has reached both students and general readers with an interest in ancient sexuality. This second edition features a new foreword by Martha Nussbaum, a completely rewritten introduction that takes account of new developments in the field, a rewritten and expanded appendix on ancient images of sexuality, and an updated bibliography.

Book Public Life and the Propertied Englishman  1689 1798

Download or read book Public Life and the Propertied Englishman 1689 1798 written by Paul Langford and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a major reassessment of the place of the propertied class in eighteenth-century England. The common view of politics in this period is one of aristocratic dominance coexisting with plebeian vitality. Langford explores the terrain which lay between the high ground of elite rule and the low ground of popular politics, and shows that the Georgians were more active in this arena than is generally appreciated.

Book Cultures of Shame

    Book Details:
  • Author : D. Nash
  • Publisher : Springer
  • Release : 2010-10-20
  • ISBN : 0230309097
  • Pages : 254 pages

Download or read book Cultures of Shame written by D. Nash and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-10-20 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first systematic study of the concept of shame from 1600-1900, showing good and bad behaviour, morality and perceptions of crime in British society at large. Single episodes in the history of shame are contextualized by discussing the historiography and theory of shame and their implications for the history of crime and social relations.

Book Mother Clap s Molly House

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rictor Norton
  • Publisher : Nonsuch Publishing, Limited
  • Release : 2006
  • ISBN : 9781845883447
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Mother Clap s Molly House written by Rictor Norton and published by Nonsuch Publishing, Limited. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pioneering study breaks new ground in presenting the gay community's history by sporting one of its more distinctive branches--molly houses. In this updated edition, with two new chapters, Rictor Norton digs deeper into both past and present to rediscover the original foundations of the molly subculture and challenges traditional notions by suggesting that it was primarily composed of the working class--blacksmiths, milkmen, publicans, and shoemakers. More extravagant personalities are investigated as well, such as dramatists Samuel Foote and Isaac Bickerstaff, and the Rev. John Church, denounced for blessing gay "marriages."

Book Gender in Eighteenth Century England

Download or read book Gender in Eighteenth Century England written by Hannah Barker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-17 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new collection of essays which challenges many existing assumptions, particularly the conventional models of separate spheres and economic change. All the essays are specifically written for a student market, making detailed research accessible to a wide readership and the opening chapter provides a comprehensive overview of the subject describing the development of gender history as a whole and the study of eighteenth-century England. This is an exciting collection which is a major revision of the subject.

Book Sexual Outcasts  1750 1850  Sexual anatomies

Download or read book Sexual Outcasts 1750 1850 Sexual anatomies written by Ian McCormick and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2000 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sexual Outcasts presents a wide range of texts selected to illustrate the diversity of responses to the concealed body and to the secret or forbidden sexual practices of 1750-1850. Each volume follows the means by which prohibitions and taboos were produced and circulated. The reader can therefore explore the processes that disciplined the representation of the body and the constuction of sexual outcasts.This four-volume set presents a wide range of textual material: criminal reports; scientific and medical publications; newspaper items; sex manuals; guidebooks; speculative accounts, and case histories. The variety of sources permits a multiple perspective on the body, sexual drives, gendered psychologies and perverse behaviour across the century.