Shakespeare, sex and the print revolution / Gordon Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Gordon, 1935-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Erotic literature--Publishing--England--History--17th century.

Erotic literature.

Erotic literature--Censorship--England--History--17th century.

Erotic literature, English--Criticism, Textual.

Erotic literature, English.

Printing--England--History--17th century.

Printing.

Theater--England--History--17th century.

Theater.

Sex in the theater.

Sex in literature.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism, Textual.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Stage history--To 1625.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Views on sex.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Censorship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Atlantic Highlands, NJ : Athlone, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book investigates how the sexual element in Shakespeare's works is complicated and compromised by the impact of print. Whether the issue is one of censorship and evasion or sexual redefinition, the fact that Shakespeare wrote in the first century of popular print is crucial. Out of the newly-accessible classical canon he creates a reconstituted idea of the sexual temptress; and out of the Counter-Reformation propaganda he fashions his own complex thinking about the prostitute. Shakespeare's theatrical scripts, meeting-ground fro the spoken and written word, contribute powerfully to those

Contents:

Contents; Preface; A Note on the Text Reference; Introduction; PART I: Shakespearean Images and the Paradox of Print; PART II: Shakespeare and the Classics; PART III: The Sexual Reformation; Conclusion; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-266) and index.

ISBN:

9786611291907

9781281291905

1281291900

9781847141453

1847141455

OCLC:

290571751