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Pleasure and gender in the writings of Thomas More : pursuing the common weal
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Pleasure and gender in the writings of Thomas More : pursuing the common weal / A. D. Cousins.
ISBN
9780820704388 (hc : alk. paper)
0820704385
Published
Pittsburgh, Penn. : Duquesne University Press, c2010.
Physical Description
178 p. ; 24 cm.
Summary
"Analyzes the ways in which Thomas More's writings treat the major cultural categories of the individual in civil life -- including pleasure and gender, chance, friendship, and role play -- as central to More's own views on the common weal, the common good, and the good state"--Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 14, 2010
Series
Medieval & Renaissance literary studies
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Pleasure, gender, and the pursuit of the common weal
Chance, gender, pleasure, and the pursuit of the common weal
Being a woman, pleasure, and the pursuit of whose common weal?
Masculinity, friendship, pleasure, and the pursuit of which common weal?
Role-play, masculinity, pleasure : in and beyond pursuit of the common weal.
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