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Sexuality in the Comedies of William Shakespeare

Author : Stephen P. Thompson

Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC

Page : 161 pages

File Size : 13,54 MB

Release : 2014-04-25

Category : Young Adult Nonfiction

ISBN : 0737770651

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This fascinating edition examines the comedies of playwright William Shakespeare through the lens of sexuality. Essays explore topics such as the ambiguity of Shakespeare's sonnets, Renaissance attitudes toward sexuality, themes of misogyny in Taming of the Shrew, and sexual anxiety in Much Ado About Nothing. Modern perspectives on sexuality and courtship are also presented, covering subjects such as social media and dating, modern mythology about the differences between genders, and a decline in American romantic comedies.



Sexuality in the Comedies of William Shakespeare

Author : Stephen P. Thompson

Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC

Page : 161 pages

File Size : 50,75 MB

Release : 2014-04-25

Category : Young Adult Nonfiction

ISBN : 0737769823

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Book Description

This fascinating edition examines the comedies of playwright William Shakespeare through the lens of sexuality. Essays explore topics such as the ambiguity of Shakespeare's sonnets, Renaissance attitudes toward sexuality, themes of misogyny in Taming of the Shrew, and sexual anxiety in Much Ado About Nothing. Modern perspectives on sexuality and courtship are also presented, covering subjects such as social media and dating, modern mythology about the differences between genders, and a decline in American romantic comedies.



Shakespeare and Sexuality

Author : Catherine M. S. Alexander

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 222 pages

File Size : 31,48 MB

Release : 2001-09-20

Category : Drama

ISBN : 9780521804752

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This book draws together ten important essays which explore the significance of sexuality in Shakespeare's work.



Intimacy and Sexuality in the Age of Shakespeare

Author : James M. Bromley

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 219 pages

File Size : 38,77 MB

Release : 2011-12-22

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 1139505327

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James Bromley argues that Renaissance texts circulate knowledge about a variety of non-standard sexual practices and intimate life narratives, including non-monogamy, anal eroticism, masochism and cross-racial female homoeroticism. Rethinking current assumptions about intimacy in Renaissance drama, poetry and prose, the book blends historicized and queer approaches to embodiment, narrative and temporality. An important contribution to Renaissance literary studies, queer theory and the history of sexuality, the book demonstrates the relevance of Renaissance literature to today. Through close readings of William Shakespeare's 'problem comedies', Christopher Marlowe's Hero and Leander, plays by Beaumont and Fletcher, Thomas Middleton's The Nice Valour and Lady Mary Wroth's sonnet sequence Pamphilia to Amphilanthus and her prose romance The Urania, Bromley re-evaluates notions of the centrality of deep, abiding affection in Renaissance culture and challenges our own investment in a narrowly defined intimate sphere.



Queer Shakespeare

Author : Goran Stanivukovic

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 420 pages

File Size : 43,70 MB

Release : 2017-07-13

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 1474295274

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Queer Shakespeare: Desire and Sexuality draws together 13 essays, which offer a major reassessment of the criticism of desire, body and sexuality in Shakespeare's drama and poetry. Bringing together some of the most prominent critics working at the intersection of Shakespeare criticism and queer theory, this collection demonstrates the vibrancy of queer Shakespeare studies. Taken together, these essays explore embodiment, desire, sexuality and gender as key objects of analyses, producing concepts and ideas that draw critical energy from focused studies of time, language and nature. The Afterword extends these inquiries by linking the Anthropocene and queer ecology with Shakespeare criticism. Works from Shakespeare's entire canon feature in essays which explore topics like glass, love, antitheatrical homophobia, size, narrative, sound, female same-sex desire and Petrarchism, weather, usury and sodomy, male femininity and male-to-female crossdressing, contagion, and antisocial procreation.



Shakespeare's Sexual Comedy

Author : Hugh M. Richmond

Publisher : Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill

Page : 228 pages

File Size : 50,90 MB

Release : 1971

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN :

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Discusses the sonnets, The Comedy of Errors, Love's Labours Lost, The Taming of the Shrew, The Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, Measure for Measure, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and others.



Playing Dirty

Author : Will Stockton

Publisher : U of Minnesota Press

Page : 205 pages

File Size : 30,19 MB

Release : 2011

Category : History

ISBN : 0816674590

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Book Description

The repression of desire uncovered in the production of scatological comedy.



Broken Nuptials in Shakespeare's Plays

Author : Carol Thomas Neely

Publisher : University of Illinois Press

Page : 300 pages

File Size : 50,26 MB

Release : 1985

Category : Drama

ISBN : 9780252063626

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Book Description

Providing a feminist interpretation of the plays that has been written, this work is aimed at feminists.



Filthy Shakespeare

Author : Pauline Kiernan

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 305 pages

File Size : 40,77 MB

Release : 2008-10-07

Category : Drama

ISBN : 110116140X

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Celebrating the Bard in all his bawdy glory, an eminent scholar puts the spotlight on the down-and-dirty sexual puns lurking in Shakespeare?s work. Everyone knows of his matchless understanding of the human condition, but we have been deprived for centuries of the full extent of one of Shakespeare?s most brilliant dramatic devices. Restoring the saucy, often shocking meanings that lie beneath his words, Filthy Shakespeare gives modern readers a tour of the brothels, buggery, trannies, pimps, pricks, and other tawdry references populating his best-known works. The tension between sexual wordplay and politics provides a captivating historical backdrop, while the fascinating facts about life in Will?s England make us see his masterworks in their gritty authenticity. Revealing and riotously funny, Filthy Shakespeare is the perfect gift for anyone who wants to rediscover the master of the sexual pun at his most inventive.



Study Guide to The Comedies by William Shakespeare

Author : Intelligent Education

Publisher : Influence Publishers

Page : 444 pages

File Size : 17,27 MB

Release : 2020-03-27

Category : Study Aids

ISBN : 164542555X

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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by William Shakespeare, considered one of the greatest playwrights in history. Titles in this study guide include Comedy of Errors, The Taming of the Shrew, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Love's Labour's Lost, The Merry Wives of Windsor, All's Well that Ends Well, The Winter's Tale, and Measure for Measure. As a collection of humor filled tales of Elizabethian life, the comedies depict fun, mischief, irony, mistaken identities, and intriguing wordplay. Moreover, his work draws audiences to sadness, joy, tragedy, comedy, darkness, and the depths of human experience. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of Shakespeare’s classic work, helping students to thoroughly explore the reasons they have stood the literary test of time. Each Bright Notes Study Guide contains: - Introductions to the Author and the Work - Character Summaries - Plot Guides - Section and Chapter Overviews - Test Essay and Study Q&As The Bright Notes Study Guide series offers an in-depth tour of more than 275 classic works of literature, exploring characters, critical commentary, historical background, plots, and themes. This set of study guides encourages readers to dig deeper in their understanding by including essay questions and answers as well as topics for further research.