Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature before Heterosexuality

Bach, R.

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.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2007-06-08

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349537228

DOI: 10.1057/9780230603639

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 248