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Ovidian Myth and Sexual Deviance in Early Modern English Literature

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  • © 2011

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  1. Sarah Carter
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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Sarah Carter
    Pages 1-13

  3. Rape, Revenge, and Verse: Philomela

    • Sarah Carter
    Pages 14-52

  4. ‘Chastity’s first martyr’: Lucrece

    • Sarah Carter
    Pages 53-80

  5. ‘That female wanton boy’: Ganymede, Iphis, and Myths of Same Sex Desire

    • Sarah Carter
    Pages 81-114

  6. ‘Not perfect boy nor perfect wench’: Hermaphroditus

    • Sarah Carter
    Pages 115-135

  7. Objects of Desire: Pygmalion, Myrrha, Adonis

    • Sarah Carter
    Pages 136-161

  8. Conclusion

    • Sarah Carter
    Pages 162-165

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 166-212
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About this book

Carter explores early modern culture's reception of Ovid through the manipulation of Ovidian myth by Shakespeare, Middleton, Heywood, Marlowe and Marston. With a focus on sexual violence, homosexuality, incest and idolatry, Carter analyses how depictions of mythology represent radical ideas concerning gender and sexuality.

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'With a wonderfully attentive critical eye to the nuances of meaning about the most provocative and secret domain of desire inspired by Ovid, this meticulously researched, engagingly written and convincingly argued book pushes the early modern criticism of sexuality in new directions...This is an accessible and interesting book.' - Goran Stanivukovic, Saint Mary's University, Canada

About the author

SARAH CARTER is a Lecturer in Early Modern literature and has taught at several universities in the UK, most recently at the University of Hull and the University of Sheffield, UK. She researches the reception of Ovid and gender, and has published articles in this area as well as educational guides to Shakespeare's plays.

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