Desiring bodies Ovidian romance and the cult of form / [electronic resource] :
Gregory Heyworth.
- Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, c2009.
- xvii, 357 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Hunting for civilization: Marie de France and the sociology of romance -- Economies of romance: systems of value in Chr�etien de Troyes -- States of union: maiestas, marriage, and the politics of coercion in the Canterbury tales -- Missing bodies and changed forms: literal metamorphosis in Petrarch's Rime sparse -- Playing for time: generic disunities and ludic dimensions in Romeo and Juliet -- Legends of the fall: epic flights and indecorous descents in Paradise lost.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D. --Influence.
Literature, Medieval--History and criticism. Literature, Medieval--Roman influences. Human body in literature. Desire in literature. Romances--History and criticism. Romances, English--History and criticism. English literature--History and criticism.--Early modern, 1500-1700