Journal of European Studies articles from September 2004

Journal of European Studies archives from September 2004

Book-ends: the role of the eunuch and the hermaphrodite in Nicolas Venette's Tableau de l'amour considere dans l'estat du mariage.(Critical Essay)
September 1, 2004... In his Tableau de l'amour considere dans l'estat du mariage Nicolas Venette devotes the last section of his medical text to questions of sexual dysfunction or sexual malformation and the socio-legal implications that ensued for the afflicted....

'A memorable wedding': the literary reception of the wedding of the Princess Elizabeth and Frederick of Pfalz.
September 1, 2004... The wedding of Frederick of Pfalz to Elizabeth Stuart in 1613 was one of the great public events in the reign of James I. Much was written about it in a number of languages; this essay investigates the poetic reception in English, Latin and...

Conservative at the crossroads: 'ironic' vs. 'revolutionary' conservatism in Thomas Mann's Reflections of a Non-Political Man.(Critical Essay)
September 1, 2004... This essay addresses the question of whether Thomas Mann and his major political work, Reflections of a Non-Political Man (1918), have a place in the intellectual heritage of the movement commonly known as the 'Conservative Revolution'. It...

Are Norwegians European? The bohemians say so!
September 1, 2004... This article makes a case for Norway's European identity by highlighting the history of Norwegian bohemians, i.e. those authors and artists who have rejected their homeland's social norms and customs for being oppressive, narrow-minded and...

'Nu, nu and nu': Ionesco's 'no!' to Romanian literature and politics.
September 1, 2004... Nu (Non), a volume of critical essays, was Eugene Ionesco's first publication in Romania in 1934. In this work he reveals contempt for Romanian literature, literary politics and, indirectly, politics itself. At the same time Ionesco the critic...