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''Fluent and witty . . . confident . . . highly readable''
Kathryn Hughes, GUARDIAN

''Brilliant - so vivid and so sharp, fantastically clever and consistently fascinating''
KATHERINE RUNDELL, author of Super-Infinite

Was Shakespeare gay? The answer is both simpler and more complex than you might think . . .

Shakespeare''s work was profoundly influenced by the queer culture of his time - much of it totally integrated into mainstream society. From a relentless schooling in Latin and Greek homoeroticism, to a less formal education on the streets and in smoky taverns, from the gender-bending of the early comedies to the astonishingly queer literary scene that nurtured Shakespeare''s sonnets, this is a story of artistic development and of personal crisis.

Straight Acting is a surprising portrait of Shakespeare''s queer lives - his own and those in his plays and poems. It is a journey back in time an

Straight Acting

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      Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
      Published 1/13/2024
      ISBN-13 9781529390476
      978-1529390476
      ISBN-10 1529390478

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''Fluent and witty . . . confident . . . highly readable''
      Kathryn Hughes, GUARDIAN

      ''Brilliant - so vivid and so sharp, fantastically clever and consistently fascinating''
      KATHERINE RUNDELL, author of Super-Infinite

      Was Shakespeare gay? The answer is both simpler and more complex than you might think . . .

      Shakespeare''s work was profoundly influenced by the queer culture of his time - much of it totally integrated into mainstream society. From a relentless schooling in Latin and Greek homoeroticism, to a less formal education on the streets and in smoky taverns, from the gender-bending of the early comedies to the astonishingly queer literary scene that nurtured Shakespeare''s sonnets, this is a story of artistic development and of personal crisis.

      Straight Acting is a surprising portrait of Shakespeare''s queer lives - his own and those in his plays and poems. It is a journey back in time an

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