Gary Ferguson
Encyclopedia
Professor Gary Ferguson is a specialist of French Renaissance literature
and culture at the University of Delaware
in the USA. He graduated from St Chad's College
, Durham University
, receiving a BA with first-class honours in 1985 and a Ph.D. in 1989.
He is the author of Mirroring Belief: Marguerite de Navarre's Devotional Poetry (Edinburgh, 1992) and Queer (Re)Readings in the French Renaissance: Homosexuality, Gender, Culture (Ashgate, 2008), as well as of numerous articles dealing in particular with questions of gender and sexuality, women's writing
, devotional literature
and the cultural history of religion. He has edited or co-edited a number of collections of scholarly essays, including (Re)Inventing the Past: Essays on French Early Modern Culture, Literature and Thought in Honour of Ann Moss (2003, with Catherine Hampton), Narrative Worlds: Essays on the ‘Nouvelle’ in 15th- and 16th-Century France (2005, with David LaGuardia) and L’Homme en tous genres : masculinités, textes et contextes (2008). He has also published a critical edition of Anne de Marquets’s Sonets spirituels (Droz, 1997).
French Renaissance literature
For more information on historical developments in this period see: Renaissance, History of France, and Early Modern France.For information on French art and music of the period, see French Renaissance....
and culture at the University of Delaware
University of Delaware
The university is organized into seven colleges:* College of Agriculture and Natural Resources* College of Arts and Sciences* Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics* College of Earth, Ocean and Environment* College of Education and Human Development...
in the USA. He graduated from St Chad's College
St Chad's College
St Chad's College is a college of the University of Durham in England. One of the smallest of Durham's colleges in terms of student numbers , it has the largest staff, the most extensive college library facilities, and consistently the highest academic results in Durham...
, Durham University
Durham University
The University of Durham, commonly known as Durham University, is a university in Durham, England. It was founded by Act of Parliament in 1832 and granted a Royal Charter in 1837...
, receiving a BA with first-class honours in 1985 and a Ph.D. in 1989.
He is the author of Mirroring Belief: Marguerite de Navarre's Devotional Poetry (Edinburgh, 1992) and Queer (Re)Readings in the French Renaissance: Homosexuality, Gender, Culture (Ashgate, 2008), as well as of numerous articles dealing in particular with questions of gender and sexuality, women's writing
Women's writing
Women's writing may refer to the general study of women writers or women's literature as a genre in general, or in particular languages. See:* Women's writing in English* Écriture féminine* List of women writers* List of women rhetoricians...
, devotional literature
Devotional literature
Devotional literature is religious writing that is neither doctrinal nor theological, but designed for individuals to read for their personal edification and spiritual formation....
and the cultural history of religion. He has edited or co-edited a number of collections of scholarly essays, including (Re)Inventing the Past: Essays on French Early Modern Culture, Literature and Thought in Honour of Ann Moss (2003, with Catherine Hampton), Narrative Worlds: Essays on the ‘Nouvelle’ in 15th- and 16th-Century France (2005, with David LaGuardia) and L’Homme en tous genres : masculinités, textes et contextes (2008). He has also published a critical edition of Anne de Marquets’s Sonets spirituels (Droz, 1997).
External links
- - http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=KY7SDpSFTSYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Queer+%28Re%29Readings+in+the+French+Renaissance:+Homosexuality,+Gender,+Culture+%28Ashgate,+2008%29&hl=en&ei=ZAgeTdiFJIqFhQe4z9m4Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=book-preview-link&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQuwUwAA#v=onepage&q=Queer%20%28Re%29Readings%20in%20the%20French%20Renaissance%3A%20Homosexuality%2C%20Gender%2C%20Culture%20%28Ashgate%2C%202008%29&f=falseQueer (Re)Readings in the French Renaissance: Homosexuality, Gender, Culture - Gary Ferguson - (Ashgate, 2008)]