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

• Autore: Williams Gordon <1935->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Atlantic Highlands, NJ, : Athlone, 1996
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (285 p.)
• Disciplina: 822.3/3; 822.33
• Soggetto topico: 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
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Shakespeare, sex and the print revolution
• ISBN: 1-281-29190-0; 9786611291907; 1-84714-145-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784755203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II