{"product_id":"benvenuto-cellini-sexuality-masculinity-and-artistic-identity-in-renaissance-italy-9781403968968","title":"Benvenuto Cellini Sexuality Masculinity and Artistic Identity in Renaissance Italy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction Benvenuto Cellini, Life and Works Criminal Acts and Literary Practice Cellini's Poetics I: The Rime Cellini's Poetics II: The Vita Honor and Manlisness Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Gallucci taps a wide and varied body of contemporary and secondary sources in an effort to avoid anachronism in repositioning the writer-artist in a broader and more comprehensive context . . . Gallucci's groundbreaking discussions on the legal aspects of sodomy, a problem avoided by all but a few Cellini scholars (Paolo Rossi, for example) are of particular interest to scholars seeking to separate the historical man from his autobiographical persona.\" - Gwendolyn Trottein, Canadian Art Review\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"This fascinating new look at Benvenuto Cellini offers a thoroughly innovative approach to, and understanding of, the man Jacob Burckhardt called a wholly recognizable prototype of modern man. \" - Konrad Eisenbichler, CAA Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"A fascinating read . . .a brilliant rethinking of his autobiography . . .Gallucci s cross-disciplinarity marks this book as the kind of cutting-edge scholarship needed to revitalize traditional historical work.\" - Juliana Schiesari, Annali d Italianistica\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"The most intriguing chapter of Gallucci s study addresses the role of violence in Cellini s self-representation.\" - Ian Frederick Moulton, Huntington Library Quarterly\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"Gallucci succeeds brilliantly at integrating a variety of approaches, placing the swashbuckling bisexual Cellini and his cultural production in the context of contemporary discourses about law, magic, virility, and honor.\" - James M. Saslow\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"Evocative [and] astonishing. Within the framework of New Historicism and sexual and gender studies, Gallucci puts forth new scholarship in areas, such as Cellini s literature and poetics.\" - Cristina Colasanto, US Italia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction Benvenuto Cellini, Life and Works Criminal Acts and Literary Practice Cellini's Poetics I: The Rime Cellini's Poetics II: The Vita Honor and Manlisness Conclusion","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769309856087,"sku":"9781403968968","price":40.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781403968968.jpg?v=1758720574","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/benvenuto-cellini-sexuality-masculinity-and-artistic-identity-in-renaissance-italy-9781403968968","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}