{"product_id":"shakesqueer-9780822348450","title":"Shakesqueer","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShakesqueer puts the most exciting queer theorists in conversation with the complete works of William Shakespeare.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The adventurous essays in\u003ci\u003e Shakesqueer \u003c\/i\u003edemonstrate that queer theory does indeed need Shakespeare, if only to defy rumors of its own demise: the essays show what is vital about a queer studies that might have been thought by this point too domesticated or reified or ‘fixed’ to be intellectually vibrant.”—\u003cb\u003eCarolyn Dinshaw\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eGetting Medieval: Sexualities and Communities, Pre- and Postmodern\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“What happens when queer theory gets into bed with Shakespeare? A play in forty-eight acts, this spirited group production never ceases to entertain and surprise with its queer cast of characters: virgins, eunuchs, and lechers; queens, kings, and pageboys; tyrants, assassins, and killjoys; lions, tigers, and bears—oh my! Full of toil and trouble, wit and wisdom, \u003ci\u003eShakesqueer\u003c\/i\u003e succeeds where few other edited collections do: it puts the play back in playwright, and the fun back in theory.”—\u003cb\u003eDiana Fuss\u003c\/b\u003e, Princeton University\u003cbr\u003e“In the end, this book is a big, glorious mess, full of playful juxtapositions and frightening possibilities. It is thrilling. Theatre scholars, queer theorists, actors, directors, and dramaturges will all find something useful and interesting.” -- Michael Cramer * Sixteenth Century Journal *\u003cbr\u003e“When studying endless Shakespeare plays on English Literature courses, we always had a hunch there were some exceptionally queer goings on beyond some same sex sonnets and this collection of essays proves us right. Earl on earl analysis sits beside complex queer theories on the bard.” * Gay Times *\u003cbr\u003e“Few works of literary criticism deserve the descriptor ‘monumental,’ but this one does. . . . The book is both readable and witty. It is also important, for it drives the final nail into the coffin of 20th-century Shakespearean studies. . . . No hierarchies survive this book. Every play and poem receives a fresh new reading. . . . Essential. All readers.” -- M. J. Emery * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e“If you're looking for clues to Romeo and Mercutio's secret romance in the new academic volume \u003ci\u003eShakesqueer : A Queer Companion to the Complete Works of Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by Madhavi Menon (Duke), you're barking up the wrong yew tree. American University professor Menon and her queer-theorist contributors find queerness in Shakespeare in that term's most all-encompassing meaning of oddball, unusual, or non-normative. But when you come to think of it, fairy queen Titania falling in love with an ass named Bottom is pretty queer, in all senses of the word.” -- Roberto Friedman * Bay Area Reporter *\u003cbr\u003e“It is rare to see a volume that does so much, and does it with such consistent wit, thoughtfulness, and creativity. . . . In putting together this volume, Menon has done scholars from all fields and periods an immense service. \u003ci\u003eShakesqueer\u003c\/i\u003e gives us a very queer new reading ‘’companion’’ — friend, helpmeet, comrade-in-arms — that makes us exquisitely aware of the need for the perverse and disruptive critical practice its essays so pleasurably model.” -- Melissa E. Sanchez * Renaissance Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e“There’s something for every queer scholar and Bard-lover in the anthology; from bears in \u003ci\u003eHenry VIII\u003c\/i\u003e to eunuchs in \u003ci\u003eAntony and Cleopatra\u003c\/i\u003e, from the death drive in \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e to precariously heterosexual marriages in \u003ci\u003eAll’s Well that Ends Well\u003c\/i\u003e, the contributing authors chart Shakespeare’s varied engagements with queerness, putting pressure on assumptions that Shakespeare has nothing to offer to contemporary queer theory. . . . The assorted essays assert that Shakespeare has as much to offer queer theory as queer theory can contribute to understanding and deconstructing the Bard’s texts. This book belongs on every bookish queer’s shelf, right where the leather-bound \u003ci\u003eComplete Works of William Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e butts up against Butler and Foucault.” -- Kestryl Cael Lowrey * Lambda Literary Review *\u003cbr\u003e“This fascinating collection of essays explores the queer elements within all of Shakespeare’s works. With contributions from scholars of both queer studies and Shakespeare, the volume represents a joining of the two fields rarely attempted before.”\u003cbr\u003e -- Charles Green * Gay \u0026amp; Lesbian Review *\u003cbr\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eShakesqueer\u003c\/i\u003e] manages to put the fun back into academic research.\u003ci\u003e Shakesqueer \u003c\/i\u003eis a highly entertaining collection of essays, which all focus on the strange, the unusual, that is, the queer element in the Shakespearean oeuvre.” -- Veronika Schandl * European Journal of English Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\"For 'insider experts'—those who are Shakespeareans, queer theorists, or both (always, already, at once)—\u003ci\u003eShakesqueer\u003c\/i\u003e provides a garden of delights between its covers. . . . \u003ci\u003eShakesqueer\u003c\/i\u003e extends, enriches, and strengthens the vocabulary of Shakespeare criticism in concert with queer theory.\" -- Stephen F. Evans * Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. Queer Shakes \/ Madhavi Menon 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAll is True (Henry VIII)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThe Unbearable Sex of Henry VIII \/ Steven Bruhm 28\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAll's Well That Ends Well\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eIs Marriage Always Already Heterosexual? \/ Julie Crawford 39\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAntony and Cleopatra\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eAught an Eunuch Has \/ Ellis Hanson 48\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAs You Like It\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eFortune's Turn \/ Valerie Rohy 55\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCardenio\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Absonant Desire\": The Question of \u003ci\u003eCardenio\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Philip Lorenz 62\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Comedy of Errors\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eIn Praise of Error \/ Lynne Huffer 72\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCoriolanus\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Tell Me Not Wherein I Seem Unnatural\": Queer Meditations on \u003ci\u003eCoriolanus\u003c\/i\u003e in the Time of War \/ Jason Edwards 80\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCymbeline\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003edesire vomit emptiness: \u003ci\u003eCymbeline\u003c\/i\u003e's Marriage Time \/ Amanda Berry 89\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eHamlet's Wounded Name \/ Lee Edelman 97\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHenry IV, Part 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWhen Harry Met Harry \/ Matt Bell 106\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHenry IV, Part 2\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e The Deep Structure of Sexuality: War and Masochism in \u003ci\u003eHenry IV, Part 2\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Daniel Juan Gil 114\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKing Henry V\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eScrambling Harry and Sampling Hal \/ Drew Daniel 121\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHenry VI, Part 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Wounded Alpha Bad Boy Soldier\" \/ Mario Digangi 130\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHenry VI, Part 2\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThe Gayest Play Ever \/ Stephen Guy-Bray 139\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHenry VI, Part 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eStay \/ Cary Howie 146\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJulius Caeser\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThus, Always: \u003ci\u003eJulius Caesar\u003c\/i\u003e and Abraham Lincoln \/ Bethany Schneider 152\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKing John\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eQueer Futility: Or, \u003ci\u003eThe Life and Death of King John\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Kathryn Schwarz 163\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eLear's Queer Cosmos \/ Laurie Shannon 171\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Lover's Complaint\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eLearning How to Love (Again) \/ Ashley T. Shelden 179\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLove's Labour's Lost\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThe L Words \/ Madhavi Menon 187\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLove's Labour's Won\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eDoctorin' the Bard: A Contemporary Appropriation of \u003ci\u003eLove's Labour's Won\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Hector Kollias 194\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eMilk \/ Heather Love 201\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMeasure for Measure\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eSame-Saint Desire \/ Paul Morrison 209\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Merchant of Venice\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThe Rites of Queer Marriage in \u003ci\u003eThe Merchant of Venice\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Arthur L. Little Jr. 216\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Merry Wives of Windsor\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWhat Do Women Want? \/ Jonathan Goldberg 225\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Midsummer Night's Dream\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eShakespeare's Ass Play \/ Richard Rambuss 234\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMuch Ado About Nothing\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eClosing Ranks, Keeping Company: Marriage Plots and the Will to be Single in \u003ci\u003eMuch Ado About Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Ann Pellegrini 245\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOthello\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eOthello's Penis: Or, Islam in the Closet \/ Daniel Boyarin 254\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePericles\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Curious Pleasures\": \u003ci\u003ePericles\u003c\/i\u003e beyond the Civility of Union \/ Patrick O'Malley 263\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Phoenix and the Turtle\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eNumber There in Love Was Slain \/ Karl Steel 271\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Rape of Lucree\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eDesire My Pilot Is \/ Peter Coviello 278\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard II\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ePretty Richard \/ Judith Brown 286\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard III\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eFuck the Disabled: The Prequel \/ Robert McRuer 294\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eRomeo and Juliet Love Death \/ Carla Freccero 302\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSir Thomas More\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eMore or Less Queer \/ Jeffrey Masten 309\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Sonnets\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eMomma's Boy \/ Aranye Fradenburg 319\u003cbr\u003e Speech Therapy \/ Barbara Johnson 328\u003cbr\u003e More Life: Shakespeare's Sonnet Machines \/ Julian Yates 333\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Taming of the Shrew\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eLatin Lovers in \u003ci\u003eThe Taming of the Shrew\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Bruce Smith 343\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eForgetting \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Kevin Ohi 351\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimon of Athens\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eSkepticism, Sovereignty, Sodomy \/ James Kuzner 361\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTitus Andronicus\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eA Child's Garden of Atrocities \/ Michael Moon 369\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTroilus and Cressida\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThe Leather Men and the Lovely Boy: Reading Positions in \u003ci\u003eTroilus and Cressida\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Alan Sinfeild 376\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTwelfth Night\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eIs There an Audience for My Play? \/ Sharon Holland 385\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Two Gentlemen of Verona\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ePageboy, or\u003ci\u003e The Two Gentlemen of Verona: The Movie\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Amy Villajero 394\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Two Noble Kinsmen\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ePhiladelphia, or War \/ Jody Greene 404\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eVenus and Adonis421\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eVenus and Adonis Freeze \/ Andrew Nicholls 414\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Winter's Tale\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eLost, or \"Exit, Pursued by a Bear\": Causing Queer Children on Shakespeare's TV \/ Kathryn Bond Stockton 421\u003cbr\u003e References 429\u003cbr\u003e Further Reading 449\u003cbr\u003e Contributors 467\u003cbr\u003e Index 477\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406062887255,"sku":"9780822348450","price":24.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822348450.jpg?v=1730494400","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/shakesqueer-9780822348450","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}