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1 online resource (viii, 292 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Note |
Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of York, Toronto. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-284) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Heterosexuality and Citizenship in the Elizabethan Epyllion -- Metamorphosis of the Subject -- 'Bold sharpe Sophister[s]': Rhetoric and Education -- 'More lovely than a man': The Metamorphosis of the Youth -- 'Yon's one Italionate': Sodomy and Literary History -- 'The Thracian fields and company of men': The Erotics of Political Fraternity -- 'Riot, revelling and rapes': Sexual Violence and the Nation -- Conclusion: Nymphs and Tobacconalias. |
| Summary |
"Based for the most part on Ovid's Metamorphoses, epyllia retell stories of the dalliances of gods and mortals, most often concerning the transformation of beautiful youths. This short-lived genre flourished and died in England in the 1590s. Epyllia were produced mainly by and for the young men of the Inns of Court, where the ambitious came to study law and to sample the pleasures London had to offer. Jim Ellis provides detailed readings of fifteen examples of the epyllion, considering the poems in their cultural milieu and arguing that these myths of the transformations of young men are at the same time stories of sexual, social, and political metamorphoses." "Examining both the most famous (Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis and Marlowe's Hero and Leander) and some of the more obscure examples of the genre (Hiren, the Fair Greek and The Metamorphosis of Tobacco), Ellis moves from considering fantasies of selfhood, through erotic relations with others, to literary affiliation, political relations, and finally to international issues such as exploration, settlement, and trade. Offering a revisionist account of the genre of the epyllion, Ellis transforms theories of sexuality, literature, and politics of the Elizabethan age, making an erudite and intriguing contribution to the field."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. -- Appreciation -- England.
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Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. |
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England. |
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Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. Metamorphoses.
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Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. -- Influence.
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Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D. |
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Metamorphoses (Ovid) |
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Sex in literature.
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Sex in literature. |
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Erotic poetry, English -- History and criticism.
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Erotic poetry, English. |
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English poetry -- Roman influences.
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English poetry -- Roman influences. |
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Metamorphosis in literature.
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Metamorphosis in literature. |
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Citizenship in literature.
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Citizenship in literature. |
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Young men in literature.
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Young men in literature. |
| Chronological Term |
1500-1700 |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ellis, Jim, 1964- Sexuality and citizenship. Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2003 0802087353 (DLC) 2004297845 (OCoLC)51495602 |
| ISBN |
9781442679863 (electronic book) |
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1442679867 (electronic book) |
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1281996548 |
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9781281996541 |
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0802087353 |
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9780802087355 |
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