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Chargement... A House in Gross Disorder: Sex, Law, and the 2nd Earl of Castlehavenpar Cynthia B. Herrup
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. It's tagged "class reading," but I actually picked it up on my own, as a supplement to the Renaissance Drama course I was taking, in which the professor focused a lot on sex and gender issues. (Actually, wait--it may have been in conjunction with a Milton class I was taking, since I think the Earl was one of his patrons at one point, and "Comus" may have been written for someone in the family.) Here's another one I couldn't finish, for some reason--far drier than a book about a sex scandal has any right to be. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Sex, privilege, corruption, and revenge--these are elements that we expect to find splashed across today's tabloid headlines. But 17th century England saw a sex scandal that brought disgrace to the ruling class and ended with the beheading of an earl. In A House in Gross Disorder, Cynthia Herrup presents a strikingly new interpretation of the case of the 2nd Earl of Castlehaven and of the sexual and social anxieties it cast into such bold relief. Castlehaven was convicted of assisting in the rape of his own wife and of committing sodomy with his servants. But more than that, he stood accused of inverting the natural order of his household by reveling in rather than restraining the intemperate passions of those he was expected to rule and protect. Herrup argues that because an orderly house was considered both an example and endorsement of aristocratic governance, the riotousness presided over by Castlehaven was the most damning evidence against him. Avoiding simple conclusions about guilt or innocence, Herrup focuses instead on the fascinating legal, social and political dynamics of the case and its subsequent retellings. In riveting prose, she reconsiders a scandal that still speaks to contemporary anxieties about sex, good governance, and the role of law in regulating both. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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