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Entertaining Ambiguities: Sexuality, Humanism, and Ephemeral Performances in Fifteenth-Century Italy

Entertaining Ambiguities: Sexuality, Humanism, and Ephemeral Performances in Fifteenth-Century Italy - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Ralph J. HexterSeries:Middle AgesPublish date:12/2/2025Pages:320
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pennsylvania PressISBN-13:9781512828542ISBN-10:1512828548UPC:9781512828542Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Medieval, European, RenaissanceBook Topic:ItalianSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.88 inchesWeight:1.3206Product ID:SCAGS9MCXQ

Entertaining Ambiguities: Sexuality, Humanism, and Ephemeral Performances in Fifteenth-Century Italy

An exploration of the intersection of male-male sexual activities and subcultures with Italian humanism and university culture

Entertaining Ambiguities
explores the intersections of male-male sexual activities, subcultures, and coded language with classical reception, university culture, and Italian humanism. Through his excavation of a pair of Latin comedies--Janus the Priest and The False...

Series: Middle Ages
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pennsylvania PressISBN-13:9781512828542ISBN-10:1512828548UPC:9781512828542Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Medieval, European, RenaissanceBook Topic:ItalianSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.88 inchesWeight:1.3206Product ID:SCAGS9MCXQ
Ralph Hexter is Distinguished Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Davis.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

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Ralph J. Hexter

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