Sorsby, Karen R. creator author text xxu 1999 monographic eng

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136 pages "Representations of the Body in French Renaissance Poetry examines the poetic debate over the nature and importance of the body in the sixteenth century, a subject about which Renaissance poets had a great deal to say. Focusing on the evolution of dissection and physical examination of the human body, Karen Sorsby presents a detailed and sophisticated understanding of the language of the body as it is used by poets such as Maurice Sceve, Du Bellay, Ronsard, Louise Labe, Agrippa d'Aubigne, and Du Bartas.A guiding assumption of this study is that sixteenth-century French poets considered the acquisition of self-knowledge to be necessary to the understanding of man. They relied on anatomy in their poetry to provide a sense of body and soul, which they believed to be necessary to acquire self-knowledge."--BOOK JACKET. Karen R. Sorsby French poetry -- 16th century -- History and criticism Body, Human, in literature Sex in literature Aesthetics in literature Literature and medicine -- France -- History -- 16th century History and criticism Literature and medicine French poetry 841.30936 SOR 9780820442679 0820442674 InACL 260927 20260927135907.0 221345 eng