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Author: Todd C. Parker
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Imprint: State University of New York Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.318kg
ISBN: 9780791444863
ISBN 10: 0791444864
Pages: 218
Publication Date: 17 February 2000
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Especially admirable in Sexing the Text is the author's ability to apply a specific and well-defined approach (the history of sexuality as manifested in literature) to a full range of literary texts-familiar, canonical texts; popular ephemera; texts by marginalized persons-and thereby give the reader a panoramic and yet also focused view of the period. Additionally, Parker is able to apply his approach to the investigation of different aspects of literature itself, from prosody or prose stylistics to thematic analysis to the history of the book-and-print culture. In this way he avoids turning a diverse body of writings into an allegory of an ideology; on the contrary, his readings bring out a variety and diversity previously overlooked. - Kevin L. Cope, Louisiana State University This is an excellent book. Its breadth is impressive, its scholarship thorough, and its argumentation clear. It will be a major statement in the on-going discourse of sexuality and gender formation in the early modern era. - James L. Thorson, University of New Mexico
""Especially admirable in Sexing the Text is the author's ability to apply a specific and well-defined approach (the history of sexuality as manifested in literature) to a full range of literary texts-familiar, canonical texts; popular ephemera; texts by marginalized persons-and thereby give the reader a panoramic and yet also focused view of the period. Additionally, Parker is able to apply his approach to the investigation of different aspects of literature itself, from prosody or prose stylistics to thematic analysis to the history of the book-and-print culture. In this way he avoids turning a diverse body of writings into an allegory of an ideology; on the contrary, his readings bring out a variety and diversity previously overlooked."" - Kevin L. Cope, Louisiana State University ""This is an excellent book. Its breadth is impressive, its scholarship thorough, and its argumentation clear. It will be a major statement in the on-going discourse of sexuality and gender formation in the early modern era."" - James L. Thorson, University of New Mexico
Author Information
Todd C. Parker is Assistant Professor of English at DePaul University. He is the winner of the Rodino Prize for Swift Studies, 1997-1998.
