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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Drawing from medieval chivalric culture, the prose romance was a popular early modern genre featuring stories of courtship, combat, and travel. Flourishing at the same moment as the growing English trade with the Eastern Mediterranean, prose romances adopted both Eastern settings and new conceptions of masculinity--commercial rather than chivalric, erotic rather than militant. Knights in Arms moves beyond the best-known examples of the genre, such as Philip Sidney's Arcadia, to consider the broad range of texts which featured the Eastern Mediterranean in this era. Goran Stanivukovic highlights how eroticism within prose romances, particularly homoerotic desire, facilitated commercial, cross-ethnic, and cross-cultural interactions, shaping European knowledge and conceptions of the Mediterranean and the Ottoman Empire. Through his careful examination of these lesser-known works, Stanivukovic sheds important light on early modern trade, Mediterranean politics, and the changing meaning of masculinity in an age of commercial expansion."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English prose literature -- 16th century -- History and criticism.
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English prose literature. |
| Chronological Term |
16th century |
| Subject |
English prose literature -- 17th century -- History and criticism.
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| Chronological Term |
17th century |
| Subject |
Romances, English -- History and criticism.
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Romances, English. |
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Masculinity in literature.
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Masculinity in literature. |
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Homosexuality in literature.
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Homosexuality in literature. |
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Commerce in literature.
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Commerce in literature. |
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Travel in literature.
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Travel in literature. |
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Geography in literature.
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Geography in literature. |
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Chivalry in literature.
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Chivalry in literature. |
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Middle East -- In literature.
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Middle East. |
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Middle East Region. |
| Chronological Term |
1500-1699 |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Stanivukovic, Goran V. Knights in arms 9781442648876 (OCoLC)907173894 |
| ISBN |
9781442618916 (electronic book) |
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1442618914 (electronic book) |
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9781442648876 |
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1442648872 |
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