Shakespeare and Renaissance literature before heterosexuality /

Shakespeare has been misread for centuries as having modern ideas about sex and gender. This book shows how in the Restoration and Eighteenth century, Shakespeare's plays and other Renaissance texts were adapted to make them conform to these modern ideas. Through readings of Shakespearean texts...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bach, Rebecca Ann (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Critique et interprétation.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
1500-1699
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism.
Heterosexuality in literature.
English drama > 17th century > History and criticism.
Heterosexuality > England > History.
Sex in literature.
Adultery in literature.
Lust in literature.
Théâtre anglais > 16e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Hétérosexualité dans la littérature.
Théâtre anglais > 17e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Hétérosexualité > Angleterre > Histoire.
Sexualité dans la littérature.
Adultère dans la littérature.
Luxure dans la littérature.
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English drama.
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan.
Heterosexuality.
England.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Before heterosexuality
  • The homosocial King Lear: sex, men, and women before the valorization of lust and greed
  • Restoration Shakespeare 1: adultery and the birth of heterosexuality
  • Restoration Shakespeare 2: friends and libertines
  • "Domestic tragedy" and emerging heterosexuality
  • Othello in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and the colonial origins of heterosexuality.

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