Straight Acting

\'Fluent and witty . . . confident . . . highly readable\'Kathryn Hughes, GUARDIAN\'Brilliant - so vivid and so sharp, fantastically clever and consistently fascinating\'KATHERINE RUNDELL, author of Super-InfiniteWas Shakespeare gay? The answer is both simpler and more complex than you might think . . .Shakespeare\'s work was profoundly influenced by the queer culture of his time - much of it totally integrated into mainstream society. From a relentless schooling in Latin and Greek homoeroticism, to a less formal education on the streets and in smoky taverns, from the gender-bending of the early comedies to the astonishingly queer literary scene that nurtured Shakespeare\'s sonnets, this is a story of artistic development and of personal crisis.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.\'Magisterial and saucy . . . This fresh account kickstarts the queer canon of English literature: Shakespeare won\'t go back in the closet again\'EMMA SMITH, author of This Is Shakespeare\'Engrossing, enlightening and hugely entertaining\'SARAH WATERS, author of Fingersmith Σελίδες: 304, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0611, Διαστάσεις: 15.4x15.4cm