Anne E B Coldiron

English Printing, Verse Translation, and the Battle of the Sexes, 1476-1557

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Bringing to light new material about early print, early modern gender discourses, and cultural contact between France and England in the period, this book focuses on a dozen or so of the many early Renaissance verse translations about women, marriage, sex, and gender relations. A series of appendices presents the author's transcriptions of the texts that are otherwise inaccessible.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 572g
• ISBN-13: 9780754656081
• ISBN-10: 075465608X
• Artikelnr.: 31306408

Autorenporträt

Professor Anne E.B. Coldiron is based in the English Department at Florida State University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface: to the reader: between the sheets
Introduction
'The Mireur and Maistresse' of 'intelligence': Christine de Pizan's authority in early English print
'La Femme Replique': debating women in English translation
Framing misogamy: the Prologue and Proheyme to The Fifteyne Joyes of Maryage
Translating marriage complaints
Misogamy and translation at Henry VIII's court: Heywood's A Mery Play
Appendices
Bibliography
Index.