Ovidian Myth and Sexual Deviance in Early Modern English Literature
, by Carter, Sarah- ISBN: 9780230244238 | 0230244238
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 6/15/2011
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.