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21%OFFStanley Wells - Shakespeare, Sex, and Love - 9780199643974 - V9780199643974
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Shakespeare, Sex, and Love

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Description for Shakespeare, Sex, and Love Paperback. How does Shakespeare's treatment of human sexuality relate to the sexual conventions and language of his times? Looking at both plays and poetry, this lively and informative book explores Shakespeare's portrayal of desire, jealousy, and same-gender relationships, as well as how sex becomes a source of humour in his comedies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 25 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 137 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 384.
How does Shakespeare's treatment of human sexuality relate to the sexual conventions and language of his times? Pre-eminent Shakespearean critic Stanley Wells draws on historical and anecdotal sources to present an illuminating account of sexual behaviour in Shakespeare's time, particularly in Stratford-upon-Avon and London. He demonstrates what we know or can deduce of the sex lives of Shakespeare and members of his family. He also provides a fascinating account of depictions of sexuality in the poetry of the period and suggests that at the time Shakespeare was writing most of his non-dramatic verse a group of poets catered especially for ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
384g
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199643974
SKU
V9780199643974
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About Stanley Wells
Stanley Wells is Honorary President of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Emeritus Professor of Shakespeare Studies of the University of Birmingham, and Honorary Emeritus Governor of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. He has an extensive record of publications, mostly concerned with Shakespeare and his contemporaries.

Reviews for Shakespeare, Sex, and Love
This eloquent, humane and balanced book wears its erudition lightly. In doing so it rescues its subject from the overbearing weight of cultural, political and theoretical baggage with which it has often been loaded in the past few decades.
Rob Maslen, TLS
Well's subtly and systematically illuminates Shakespeare's acknowledgement of the glory and horror of what it is ... Read more

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