Shakespeare and queer representation / Stephen Guy-Bray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guy-Bray, Stephen, author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Series:

Spotlight on Shakespeare

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gender identity in literature.

Sex role in literature.

Sex in literature.

Queer theory.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

viii, 198 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY: Routledge, 2020.

Summary:

"Shakespeare often uses representation not just a as a lens through which to tell a story, but as a textual tool in itself. In this engaging and accessible guidebook, Stephen Guy Bray uses queer theory to shed new light on this important writing strategy, arguing that in many of Shakespeare's works, representation itself becomes queer. A thorough introduction gives an overview of recent work in queer theory and representation, with each chapter then developing these theories to examine works that span the entire career of Shakespeare, including his Sonnets, Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece, King John, Macbeth and Cymbeline. The book will show the extent to which Shakespeare works can be seen to anticipate and even to extend many of the insights of the latest developments in queer theory"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: One. Cymbeline

Two. King John

Three. Macbeth

Four. The Rape of Lucrece

Five. The sonnets

Six. Venus and Adonis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781138389601

1138389609

9781138389618

1138389617

OCLC:

1142303568

Publisher Number:

99991375681