Homosexual desire in Shakespeare's England

Description:

In the most comprehensive study yet of homosexuality in the English Renaissance, Bruce R. Smith examines and rejects the assessments of homosexual acts in moral philosophy, laws, and medical books in favor of a poetics of homosexual desire. Smith isolates six different "myths" from classical literature and discusses each in relation to a particular Renaissance literary genre and to a particular part of the social structure of early modern England. Smith's new Preface places his work in the context of the continuing controversies in gay, lesbian, and bisexual studies -- Publisher description.

subjects: History and criticism,  Poetics,  English literature,  Criticism and interpretation,  Sexual orientation in literature,  Desire in literature,  Homosexuality and literature,  Sex in literature,  History,  English literature, history and criticism, early modern, 1500-1700,  Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, biography, sources,  Homosexuality in literature,  Homosexuality, history,  Shakespeare, william , 1564-1616,  Criticism and interpretationshakespeare, william , 1564-1616,  English,  Literature, modern,  English literature--history and criticism,  English literature--early modern, 1500-1700--history and criticism,  Homosexuality and literature--history,  Homosexuality and literature--england--history--16th century,  Homosexuality and literature--england--history--17th century,  Poetics--history,  Poetics--history--16th century,  Poetics--history--17th century,  Homosexuality--history,  Pr428.h66 s6 1991,  820.9/353,  Modern Literature,  Homosexuality

People: William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Places: England

Times: 17th century,  16th century,  Early modern, 1500-1700