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Author Arenberg, Nancy M., author.

Title Textual transvestism : (re)visions of Heloise (17th-18th-centuries) / Nancy M. Arenberg.

Publication Info. Amsterdam [Netherlands] ; New York, New York : Rodopi, 2015.
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (394 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Faux Titre ; 398
Faux titre ; 398.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents EPILOGUE: The Revival of Heloise in Popular CultureBIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
Summary "Textual Transvestism analyzes the flourishing of imitative versions of Heloise's and Abelard's love correspondence in the late 17th and 18th centuries. Current theoretical approaches on epistolarity, narratology, cultural, feminist and gender studies have been used to focus on the various transformations (rewriting, adapting, veiling, fragmenting) of Heloise's epistles, mainly in the hands of male writers. I employ close textual analysis to investigate how the multiple (re)visions of her epistolary discourse and persona over two hundred years might have been indicative of, and helped construct, ideological changes in expectations concerning the role of women. The scope of this study is relevant, but not limited, to seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French Studies, especially since it explores contemporary cultural issues such as sexual discourse and gender construction throughout the nine chapters. In an age where women's roles are shifting constantly, this project is especially germane because it traces historical roots of gender redefinition within French culture."--Brill.
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Subject Abelard, Peter, 1079-1142.
Abelard, Peter, 1079-1142.
Héloïse, approximately 1095-1163 or 1164 -- Influence -- 17th century.
Héloïse, approximately 1095-1163 or 1164.
Chronological Term 17th century
Subject Abelard, Peter, 1079-1142 -- Influence -- 17th century.
Héloïse, approximately 1095-1163 or 1164 -- Influence -- 18th century.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Abelard, Peter, 1079-1142 -- Influence -- 18th century.
Héloïse, approximately 1095-1163 or 1164.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Chronological Term 1600-1799
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Arenberg, Nancy M. Textual transvestism : (re)visions of Heloise (17th-18th-centuries). Amsterdam, [Netherlands] ; New York, New York : Rodopi, ©2015 394 pages Faux titre ; 398 9789042039056
ISBN 9401211876
9042039051
9789042039056
9789401211871 (electronic book)
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