Queer (re)readings in the French Renaissance : homosexuality, gender, culture / Gary Ferguson.

Aldershot ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2008], ©2008.

ix, 375 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Pre-modern (homo)sexuality : historical and theoretical issues -- Homosexuality and gender : historical (trans)formations -- Homosexuality, nature, and taste -- Queer (re)readings -- Italian imports : tales of Sodom and other cities -- Splitting hairs : (re)reading (with) Ronsard -- Mourning/scorning the Mignons : representations of heroism and favouritism at the court of Henri III -- Montaigne's itchy ears : friendship, marriage, (homo)sexuality and scepticism -- Androgynes, hermaphrodites, and courtesans : women, queer nature and (queer?) pleasures -- Towards modernity : on kissing, whipping, confession, and the closet : François de Sales and Henri III.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-366) and index.