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Article: Carpe Corpus. Time and Gender in Early Modern France.(Review)(Brief Article)
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- The Modern Language Review
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- October 1, 2001
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Carpe Corpus. Time and Gender in Early Modern France. By CATHY YANDELL. Newark and London: University of Delaware Press and Associated University Presses. 2000. 281 pp. 35 [pounds sterling].
While there have recently been various studies of the relationship between space and gender, Cathy Yandell breaks new ground in considering that between time and gender in Early Modern France. Her chapter headings suggest that she will limit herself to a small number of poets of the French Renaissance, one male (Ronsard) and five female (Du Guillet, Labe, Nicole Estienne, de Marquets and Catherine des Roches). However, the study proves more wide-ranging. For example, the opening ...