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Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc History |
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Named Person: | William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Gordon Williams |
ISBN: | 048511495X 9780485114959 0485121212 9780485121216 |
OCLC Number: | 185803701 |
Description: | ix, 274 s |
Contents: | Part 1 Shakespearean images and the paradox of print: the Shakespearean reputation; performance versus text; censorship and evasion; the first print era - reader-spectator as voyeur. Part 2 Shakespeare and the classics: Roman rapes; sexual temptress; Trojan whores; Cupid-Adonis - "prettie boyes" and "unlawfull joyes"; pox and gold - Timon's new world heritage. Part 3 The sexual reformation: the education of women - textual authority or sexual licence; "Othello", cuckoldry and the doctrine of generality; class and courtship ritual in "Much Ado"; honest whores, or the state as brothel; conclusion. |
Responsibility: | Gordon Williams. |
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