Early Modern Hermaphrodites: Sex and Other Stories - Historical Gender Studies Book for Academic Research & LGBTQ+ Literature" （注：根据要求： 1. 符合SEO规范，包含关键词"Historical Gender Studies"和"LGBTQ+ Literature" 2. 原标题为英文无需翻译 3. 新增使用场景"Academic Research & LGBTQ+ Literature"）

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From the 16th to the 18th Century, hermaphrodites were discussed and depicted in a range of artistic, mythological, scientific, and erotic contexts. Early Modern Hermaphrodites looks at some of those representations to explore the stories they tell about ambiguous sex and gender in early modern England. Gilbert examines the often contradictory ways in which hermaphrodites were represented as both spiritual ideals and sexual grotesques; as freaks, erotic objects, and medical curiosities; and as literary metaphors and signs of social decay.