Queer (re)readings in the French Renaissance

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Queer (re)readings in the French Renaissance is written by Gary Ferguson and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0754663779 (ISBN 10) and 9780754663775 (ISBN 13).

Reading works of Renaissance literature against their ancient classical sources, this book examines representations of homosexuality in sixteenth-century France and stresses the historical coexistence of different models of homosexuality. The texts and topics covered include the Decameron and its translation and reception in France, the poetry of Ronsard, Montaigne's Essais, works in praise of and satirising Henri III, Brantôme's Dames galantes, and the figures of the androgyne and the hermaphrodite.