Straight acting : the many queer lives of William Shakespeare
Tosh, Will2024
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Total copies: 1
'Straight Acting' is a surprising portrait of Shakespeare's queer lives - his own and those in his plays and poems. It is a journey back in time and through Shakespeare's England, revealing a culture that both endorsed and supressed same-sex desire. It is a call to stop making Shakespeare act straight and to recognise how queerness powerfully shaped the life and career of the world's most famous playwright.
Main title:
Author:
Tosh, Will, author
Imprint:
London : Sceptre, 2024.
Collation:
304 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781529390476 (hbk)
Dewey class:
822.33
Language:
English
Subject:
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretationSexual minority culture in literatureSexual minorities -- England -- HistoryGreat Britain -- Social life and customs -- 16th centuryGreat Britain -- Social life and customs -- 17th centuryLiteratureRelating to LGBTQ+ peopleBiography: historical, political & militaryBiography: literaryLiterature: history & criticismHistory
BRN:
756992