{"product_id":"the-sciences-of-homosexuality-in-early-modern-europe-9780415446921","title":"The Sciences of Homosexuality in Early Modern Europe","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis collection establishes that efforts to produce scientific explanations for same-sex desires and sexual behaviors are not a modern invention, but have long been characteristic of European thought. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis original book freshly illuminates many of the questions that are current today about the nature of homosexual activity and reveals how the early modern period and its scientific interpretations of same-sex relationships are fundamental to understanding the conceptual development of contemporary sexuality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kenneth Borris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.62d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415446921\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKenneth Borris is Professor of English at McGill University and is a recipient of the MacCaffrey Award and a Canada Research Fellowship. His previous books are \u003cem\u003eSame-Sex Desire in the English Renaissance\u003c\/em\u003e (Routledge, 2004), \u003cem\u003eAllegory and Epic in English Renaissance Literature: Heroic Form in Sidney, Spenser, and Milton\u003c\/em\u003e (2001), \u003cem\u003eSpenser's Poetics of Prophecy\u003c\/em\u003e (1991), and a co-edited collection, \u003cem\u003eThe Affectionate Shepherd: Celebrating Richard Barnfield\u003c\/em\u003e (2001).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeorge Rousseau is Co-Director of the Centre for the History of Childhood at Oxford University. His previous publications include\u003cem\u003e Nervous Acts: Essays on Literature, Culture and Sensibility\u003c\/em\u003e (2004), \u003cem\u003eFraming and Imagining Disease in Cultural History\u003c\/em\u003e (2003) \u003cem\u003ePre- and Post-Modern Discourses: medical, scientific, anthropological\u003c\/em\u003e (Manchester, 1991) and, with Roy Porter, \u003cem\u003eGout: The Patrician Malady\u003c\/em\u003e (1998).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44411330166899,"sku":"9780415446921","price":100.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_751ce0b5-f59d-4199-8716-e51cd59115e8.jpg?v=1772025510","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-sciences-of-homosexuality-in-early-modern-europe-9780415446921","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}