Homosexual desire in Shakespeare's England : a cultural poetics /

Homosexual desire in Shakespeare's England : a cultural poetics / Bruce R. Smith.

In the most comprehensive study yet of homosexuality in the English Renaissance, Bruce R. Smith examines and rejects the assessments of homosexual acts in moral philosophy, laws, and medical books in favor of a poetics of homosexual desire. Smith isolates six different "myths" from classic...

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Main Author: Smith, Bruce R., 1946-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1991]
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > Sonnets.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Homosexuality and literature > England > History > 16th century.
Homosexuality and literature > England > History > 17th century.
Poetics > History > 16th century.
Poetics > History > 17th century.
Sexual orientation in literature.
Desire in literature.
Sex in literature.

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Call Number: PR428.H66 S6 1991
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