Ovidian Myth and Sexual Deviance in Early Modern English Literature

by Dr Sarah Carter (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2011

  $62.75

  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.