{"product_id":"ovidian-transversions-iphis-and-ianthe-1300-1650-paperback-1","title":"Ovidian Transversions: 'Iphis and Ianthe', 1300-1650 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eValerie Traub\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePatricia Badir\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePeggy McCracken\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFocuses on transversions of Ovid's 'Iphis and Ianthe' in both English and French literature\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMedieval and early modern authors engaged with Ovid's tale of 'Iphis and Ianthe' in a number of surprising ways. From Christian translations to secular retellings on the seventeenth-century stage, Ovid's story of a girl's miraculous transformation into a boy sparked a diversity of responses in English and French from the fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries. In addition to analysing various translations and commentaries, the volume clusters essays around treatments of John Lyly's Galatea (c. 1585) and Issac de Benserade's Iphis et Iante (1637). As a whole, the volume addresses gender and transgender, sexuality and gallantry, anatomy and alchemy, fable and history, youth and pedagogy, language and climate change. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Features: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe only scholarly monograph to focus on Ovid's 'Iphis and Ianthe'\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntervenes in the history of Ovidian reception and literary history, particularly in terms of gender and sexuality\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBroadens readings of 'Iphis and Ianthe' beyond concerns of gender and sexuality\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings medieval and early modern, English and French appropriations of the tale into productive dialogue\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides new readings of John Lyly's \u003ci\u003eGalathea\u003c\/i\u003e and Issac Benserade's 'Iphis and Ianthe', and of medieval versions of the story\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntervenes in the history of 'trans' phenomena\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocuses on transversions of Ovid's 'Iphis and Ianthe' in both English and French literature Medieval and early modern authors engaged with Ovid's tale of 'Iphis and Ianthe' in a number of surprising ways. From Christian translations to secular retellings on the seventeenth-century stage, Ovid's story of a girl's miraculous transformation into a boy sparked a diversity of responses in English and French from the fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries. In addition to analysing various translations and commentaries, the volume clusters essays around treatments of John Lyly's Galatea (c. 1585) and Issac de Benserade's Iphis et Iante (1637). As a whole, the volume addresses gender and transgender, sexuality and gallantry, anatomy and alchemy, fable and history, youth and pedagogy, language and climate change. Valerie Traub is author of Thinking Sex with the Early Moderns. Patricia Badir is author of The Maudlin Impression: English Literary Images of Mary Magdalene, 1550-1700. Peggy McCracken is author of In the Skin of a Beast: Sovereignty and Animality in Medieval France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eValerie Traub is the Adrienne Rich Distinguished University Professor and Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professor of English and Women's Studies at the University of Michigan. Working across the disciplines of literature and history, she is a specialist in the study of gender and sexuality in sixteenth and seventeenth century England. She is the author of three monographs: \u003ci\u003eThinking Sex with the Early Moderns\u003c\/i\u003e (2015), \u003ci\u003eThe Renaissance of Lesbianism in Early Modern England\u003c\/i\u003e (2002), and \u003ci\u003eDesire \u0026amp; Anxiety: Circulations of Sexuality in Shakespearean Drama\u003c\/i\u003e (1992, 2014). Her most recent collection is \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare and Embodiment\u003c\/i\u003e (2016). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatricia Badir is Professor of English at the University of British Columbia. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Maudlin Impression: English Literary Images of Mary Magdalene, 1550-1700\u003c\/i\u003e (University of Notre Dame Press, 2009) and her most recent set of articles studies the archival remains of early twentieth-century productions of medieval and renaissance drama. She is currently working on a series of articles that explores what it means to study the early modern past \"from here\" as well as book on early twentieth-century director, Roy Mitchell and the matter of the theatrical archive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeggy McCracken is the Mary Fair Croushore Collegiate Professor of the Humanities and Professor of French, Comparative Literature, and Women's Studies at the University of Michigan. She is the author or co-author of six books, including most recently \u003ci\u003eIn the Skin of a Beast: Sovereignty and Animality in Medieval France\u003c\/i\u003e (2017), and translator of Gui de Cambrai's \u003ci\u003eBarlaam and Josaphat: A Christian Tale of the Buddha\u003c\/i\u003e (2014).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 10, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52703608111411,"sku":"9781474448918","price":75.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/cThCSW1mdVJSQVFQdVJMSTJVU1ZjUT09.webp?v=1763334021","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/ovidian-transversions-iphis-and-ianthe-1300-1650-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}