03114nam 2200709Ia 450 991080971280332120230421044659.01-281-29190-097866112919071-84714-145-5(CKB)1000000000402125(EBL)437026(OCoLC)290571751(SSID)ssj0000245043(PQKBManifestationID)11200515(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000245043(PQKBWorkID)10174795(PQKB)10098695(MiAaPQ)EBC437026(Au-PeEL)EBL437026(CaPaEBR)ebr10224618(CaONFJC)MIL129190(OCoLC)893334594(EXLCZ)99100000000040212519950718d1996 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrShakespeare, sex and the print revolution[electronic resource] /Gordon WilliamsLondon ;Atlantic Highlands, NJ Athlone19961 online resource (285 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-485-11495-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-266) and index.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; IndexThis 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 thoseErotic literaturePublishingEnglandHistory17th centuryErotic literatureCensorshipEnglandHistory17th centuryErotic literature, EnglishCriticism, TextualPrintingEnglandHistory17th centuryTheaterEnglandHistory17th centurySex in the theaterSex in literatureErotic literaturePublishingHistoryErotic literatureCensorshipHistoryErotic literature, EnglishCriticism, Textual.PrintingHistoryTheaterHistorySex in the theater.Sex in literature.822.3/3822.33Williams Gordon1935-1646494MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809712803321Shakespeare, sex and the print revolution4099743UNINA