{"product_id":"2026200015515-secondhand-chaste-thinking-the-rape-of-lucretia-and-the-birth-of-humanism","title":"Chaste Thinking: The Rape Of Lucretia And The Birth Of Humanism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does the legend of Lucretia's rape have to do with the foundations of Western humanist thought? Stephanie H. Jed's Chaste Thinking: The Rape of Lucretia and the Birth of Humanism presents a provocative and meticulously researched argument that the birth of Italian Renaissance humanism is inextricably bound to a literary and cultural tradition of disciplining, or chastening, historical narrative — a tradition rooted in the Roman myth of Lucretia's violation and the founding of the Republic. Drawing on Florentine manuscripts, early print culture, and the writings of key humanist scholars, Jed uncovers how the very act of textual transmission became a mechanism for suppressing contradiction and imposing political order under the guise of moral virtue.\n\nJed's interdisciplinary approach bridges feminist theory, philology, and Renaissance historiography, illuminating the deep ideological structures that shaped how classical texts were read, copied, and canonised across centuries. Her analysis challenges readers to reconsider the seemingly neutral act of scholarly editing as a politically charged performance of power and purity. Written with intellectual rigour and a sharp critical eye, Chaste Thinking remains a landmark text in the field of literary theory — one that forces a reckoning with what we choose to remember, and what we are conditioned to forget.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203210780891,"sku":"2026200015515-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/e1837268-3082-41c7-aca4-8636fb753ff2.png?v=1788145841","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200015515-secondhand-chaste-thinking-the-rape-of-lucretia-and-the-birth-of-humanism","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}