{"product_id":"straight-acting-the-many-queer-lives-of-william-shakespeare","title":"Straight Acting: The Many Queer Lives of William Shakespeare","description":"\u003cp\u003eFluent and witty . . . confident . . . highly readable'\u003cbr\u003e\nKathryn Hughes, GUARDIAN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Lively and accomplished'\u003cbr\u003e\nSophie Duncan, LITERARY REVIEW\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'E ngaging, enthusiastic and informative'\u003cbr\u003e\nPhilip Hensher, SPECTATOR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Brilliant - so vivid and so sharp, fantastically clever and consistently fascinating'\u003cbr\u003e\nKATHERINE RUNDELL, author of Super-Infinite\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWas Shakespeare gay? The answer is both simpler and more complex than you might think . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShakespeare's work was profoundly influenced by the queer culture of his time - much of it totally integrated into mainstream society. From a relentless schooling in Latin and Greek homoeroticism, to a less formal education on the streets and in smoky taverns, from the gender-bending of the early comedies to the astonishingly queer literary scene that nurtured Shakespeare's sonnets, this is a story of artistic development and of personal crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStraight Acting is a surprising portrait of Shakespeare's queer lives - his own and those in his plays and poems. It is a journey back in time and through Shakespeare's England, revealing a culture that both endorsed and supressed same-sex desire. It is a call to stop making Shakespeare act straight and to recognise how queerness powerfully shaped the life and career of the world's most famous playwright.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Magisterial and saucy . . . This fresh account kickstarts the queer canon of English literature: Shakespeare won't go back in the closet again'\u003cbr\u003e\nEMMA SMITH, author of This Is Shakespeare\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT-BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":54000178626928,"sku":"978-1529390513","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":54000178659696,"sku":"978-1529390513","price":25.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1009\/8543\/8576\/files\/ebook_1641_8a886befdc.jpg?v=1783519667","url":"https:\/\/antbook.store\/products\/straight-acting-the-many-queer-lives-of-william-shakespeare","provider":"ANTBOOK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}