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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809712803321

Autore

Williams Gordon <1935->

Titolo

Shakespeare, sex and the print revolution [[electronic resource] /] / Gordon Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Atlantic Highlands, NJ, : Athlone, 1996

ISBN

1-281-29190-0

9786611291907

1-84714-145-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Disciplina

822.3/3

822.33

Soggetti

Erotic literature - Publishing - England - History - 17th century

Erotic literature - Censorship - England - History - 17th century

Erotic literature, English - Criticism, Textual

Printing - England - History - 17th century

Theater - England - History - 17th century

Sex in the theater

Sex in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-266) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; A Note on the Text Reference; Introduction; PART I: Shakespearean Images and the Paradox of Print; PART II: Shakespeare and the Classics; PART III: The Sexual Reformation; Conclusion; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 reconstituted idea of the sexual temptress; and out of the Counter-Reformation propaganda he fashions his own complex thinking about the prostitute. Shakespeare's theatrical scripts, meeting-ground fro the spoken and written word, contribute powerfully to those