{"product_id":"representations-of-the-body-in-guy-r-mermier-9780820442679","title":"Representations of the Body in French Renaissance Poetry","description":"\u003ci\u003eRepresentations of the Body in French Renaissance Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e 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 Scève, Du Bellay, Ronsard, Louise Labé, Agrippa d'Aubigné, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Guy R. Mermier,Karen R. Sorsby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820442674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820442679\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Guy R. Mermier","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48587656036607,"sku":"9780820442679","price":54.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/representations-of-the-body-in-guy-r-mermier-9780820442679","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}