Shakespeare, sex and the print revolution / Gordon Williams.
Shakespeare, sex and the print revolution / Gordon Williams.
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Publisher
London ; Atlantic Highlands, NJ : Athlone, 1996.
Date
1996.
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Y822.33/153
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Language
English
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Physical content
ix, 274 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Pt. I. Shakespearean Images and the Paradox of Print. 1. The Shakespearean Reputation. 2. Performance versus Text. 3. Censorship and Evasion. 4. The First Print Era: Reader-Spectator as Voyeur -- Pt. II. Shakespeare and the Classics. 5. Roman Rapes. 6. Sexual Temptresses. 7. Trojan Whores. 8. Cupid-...
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Publisher
London ; Atlantic Highlands, NJ : Athlone, 1996.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1996.
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Summary
This book investigates how the sexual element in Shakespeare's works is complicated and compromised by the impact of print. Whether the issue is one of censorship and evasion or sexual redefinition, the fact that Shakespeare wrote in the first century of popular print is crucial. Out of the newly-accessible classical canon he creates a reconstitute...
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Shakespeare, sex and the print revolution / Gordon Williams.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-266) and index.
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Y822.33/153
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74VM5gaRRlQX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM5gaRRlQX
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ISBN
0485121212 (pbk.)
048511495X
9780485121216 (pbk.)
DDC
822.33
MMS ID
991003711939702626
