Title Homosexual desire in Shakespeare's England : a cultural poetics / Bruce R. Smith ; with a new preface.

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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1994.

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Edition	Pbk. ed.
Description	xiv, 329 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Note	Originally published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1991.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-315) and index.
Contents	Sexuality and the play of imagination -- Combatants and comrades -- The passionate shepherd -- The shipwrecked youth -- Knights in shifts -- Master and minion -- The secret sharer.
Summary	"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 classical literature and discusses each in relation to a particular Renaissance literary genre and to a particular part of the social structure of early modern England. Smith's new Preface places his work in the context of the continuing controversies in gay, lesbian, and bisexual studies."--Page [4] of cover.
Subject	Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Views on sexual orientation.
	Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Views on sex.
	Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Sonnets.
	Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. (OCoLC)fst00029048
	Sonnets (Shakespeare, William) (OCoLC)fst01356082
	Shakespeare, William.
	Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Contemporary England.
	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.
	Sexual orientation in literature.
	Desire in literature.
	Sex in literature.
	Desire in literature. (OCoLC)fst00891364
	English literature -- Early modern. (OCoLC)fst01710960
	Homosexuality and literature. (OCoLC)fst00959818
	Sex. (OCoLC)fst01114160
	Sex in literature. (OCoLC)fst01114464
	Sexual orientation. (OCoLC)fst01114902
	Sexual orientation in literature. (OCoLC)fst01114914
	England. (OCoLC)fst01219920
	Homoseksualiteit.
	Engels.
	Letterkunde.
	Homosexualität Motiv (DE-588)4122204-0
	Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5
	Englisch.
Chronological Term	Geschichte 1550-1650.
	1500-1700
Indexed Term	English literature Special subjects Sexuality
Genre/Form	Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN	0226763668 (alk. paper)
	9780226763668 (alk. paper)

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