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A compelling cultural reinterpretation of humanist discourses of boyhood The English epyllion, the highly erotic mythological verse that swept the London literary scene in the 1590s, is as much about rhetoric as about sex. So argues William Weaver in this fascinating study of Renaissance education and poetry. Rhetoric, moreover, is erotic. Far being merely formal, rhetoric is the key to deciphering the cultural meanings of an enigmatic genre. Weaver attends to one of the epyllion's defining dramas: boys in transition to adulthood. Whereas recent studies of the epyllion have posited sexuality a

Boys in literature. --- English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism. --- Epic poetry, English -- History and criticism. --- Masculinity -- England -- History -- 16th century. --- Sex customs -- England -- History -- 16th century. --- Sex customs in literature. --- Sex in literature. --- Epic poetry, English --- English poetry --- Sex in literature --- Sex customs in literature --- Boys in literature --- Sex customs --- Masculinity --- English --- Languages & Literatures --- English Literature --- Customs, Sex --- Human beings --- Sexual behavior --- Sexual practices --- Manners and customs --- Moral conditions --- Sex --- English literature --- Masculinity (Psychology) --- Sex (Psychology) --- Men --- English epic poetry --- History and criticism --- History