The Androgyne in Early Modern France Contextualizing the Power of Gender
Description
Based on sources in Genesis and Plato's Symposium , the androygyne during Early Modern France was a means of expressing the full potential of humans made in the image of God. This book documents and comments on the range of references to the androgyne in the writings of poets, philosophers, courtiers, and women in positions of political power.
Keywords
Literary CriticismEuropeanModernSocial ScienceGender StudiesLanguage Arts & DisciplinesLinguistics
2015Book
Author(s)Marian Rothstein
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US
ISBN9781137541369
LanguageEnglish
