Description: "The first full translation of the 1605 anonymously-authored satire that created an uproar for its irreverent portrayal of the French court, critique of absolute monarchy, and radical questioning of gender and power"-- Provided by publisher.
Brief description: Kathleen Perry Long is professor of French at Cornell University. She is the author of Hermaphrodites in Renaissance Europe, High Anxiety: Masculinity in Crisis in Early Modern France, and Gender and Scientific Discourse in Early Modern Europe.
Review Quotes:
"Long's rich introduction gestures to these and many more queer readings of The Island of Hermaphrodites, a text that remains prodigiously peculiar. Long's translation finally makes it available to many more readers. Even French readers will appreciate Long's meticulous scholarship in contextualizing the text."
-- "The Gay & Lesbian Review"