Shakespeare, sex, & love:
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Main Author: Wells, Stanley 1930- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2010
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Online Access:FAW01
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-268) and index
Life and times. Sexuality in Shakespeare's time ; Sex and poetry in Shakespeare's time ; Shakespeare and sex -- Plays and poems. The fun of sex ; Sexual desire ; Sex and love in Romeo and Juliet ; Sexual jealousy ; Sex and experience ; Whores and saints ; Just good friends?
How does Shakespeare's treatment of human sexuality relate to the sexual conventions and language of his times? Wells draws on historical and anecdotal sources to present an account of sexual behavior in Shakespeare's time, particularly in Stratford-upon-Avon and London. He explores sexuality in the poetry of the period and the ways in which Shakespeare treats sexuality in his plays and relates sexuality to love
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 282 p., [8] p. of plates)
ISBN:0191574511
0199578591
9780191574511
9780199578597

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