Author : R. Bach
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230603637
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature before Heterosexuality by : R. Bach
Download or read book Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature before Heterosexuality written by R. Bach and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-04-02 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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, including King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra, and Othello, and other Renaissance drama, the book reveals a sexual world before heterosexuality. Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature Before Heterosexuality shows how revisions and criticism of Renaissance drama contributed to the emergence of heterosexuality.It also shows how changing ideas about status, adultery, friendship, and race were factors in that emergence.