{"product_id":"shakespeare-and-queer-representation-9781138389618","title":"Shakespeare and Queer Representation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this engaging and accessible guidebook, Stephen Guy-Bray uses queer theory to argue that in many of Shakespeare's works representation itself becomes queer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShakespeare often uses representation, not just as a lens through which to tell a story, but as a textual tool in itself. \u003ci\u003eShakespeare and Queer Representation \u003c\/i\u003eincludes a thorough introduction that discusses how we can define queer representation, with each chapter developing these theories to examine works that span the entire career of Shakespeare, including his sonnets, \u003cem\u003eVenus and Adonis\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Rape of Lucrece\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eKing John\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eCymbeline\u003c\/em\u003e. The book highlights the extent to which Shakespeare's works can be seen to anticipate, and even to extend, many of the insights of the latest developments in queer theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis thought-provoking and evocative book is an essential guide for students studying Shakespeare and Renaissance literature, gender \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Building on a rich body of recent criticism that finds in Shakespeare's oeuvre not only a passive object ripe for queer analysis but also an active model of queer theory itself, Stephen Guy-Bray's insightful \u003ci\u003eShakespeare and Queer Representation\u003c\/i\u003e argues that artistic representation plays a disorienting, queer role in Shakespearean theater and poetry, exceeding its task of depicting some external or \"natural\" object in service of narrative progression.’ Christopher Yates, \u003ci\u003eShakespeare Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1. Cymbeline 2. King John 3. Macbeth 4 The Rape of Lucrece 5. The Sonnets 6. Venus and Adonis Coda\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019489837399,"sku":"9781138389618","price":24.32,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138389618.jpg?v=1750780423","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/shakespeare-and-queer-representation-9781138389618","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}