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Involuntary Confessions of the Flesh in Early Modern France is an interdisciplinary study of moments in which the early modern body loses control of its surface. Rather than read these moments as forerunners to the Freudian slip, it suggests that these moments are vital players in shaping various early modern discourses. This book pairs literary texts with religious, legal, and courtly documents in order to highlight the urgency and messiness of the relationships between body, self, and text.
Contents
Contents Acknowledgements A Note on Sources Introduction Part One: Religious and Involuntary Confessions of the FleshChapter One: Confession Manuals and Involuntary Confessions of the Flesh Chapter Two: Confessing the Body's Truths in the Heptameron Part Two: Beyond Torture, Beyond TruthChapter Three: Torture and the Limits of the Body: Extracting Truth from Legal DocumentsChapter Four: Bending the Truth in Montaigne Part Three: Involuntary Confessions at CourtChapter Five: Sprezzatura in French Courtly Handbooks Chapter Six: Competing Codes and Involuntary Confessions in the Princesse de Cleves Bibliography IndexAbout the Author