The Seeds of Things: Theorizing Sexuality and Materiality in Renaissance Representations

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The Seeds of Things jonathan goldberg The Seeds of Things theorizing sexuality and materiality in renaissance representations Fordham University Press New York  Copyright 䉷 2009 Fordham University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Fordham University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party Internet websites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Goldberg, Jonathan. The seeds of things : theorizing sexuality and materiality in Renaissance representations / Jonathan Goldberg. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8232-3066-2 (cloth : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-8232-3067-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. English literature—Early modern, 1500–1700—History and criticism. 2. Sex in literature. 3. Material culture in literature. 4. Philosophy in literature. 5. Lucretius Carus, Titus—Influence. I. Title. PR428.S48G65 2009 820.9⬘353809031—dc22 2009010180 Printed in the United States of America 11 10 09 5 4 3 2 1 First edition for Michael Moon, again, and always ...