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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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''Fluent and witty . . . confident . . . highly readable''Kathryn Hughes, GUARDIAN''Brilliant - so vivid and so sharp,... Read more

    Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
    Publication Date: 6/13/2024
    ISBN13: 9781529390483, 978-1529390483
    ISBN10: 1529390486

    Non Fiction , Biography

    Description

    ''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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