{"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'Kathryn Hughes,and GUARDIAN'Brilliant - so vivid and so sharp, fantastically clever and consistently fascinating'KATHERINE RUNDELL, author ofand Super-InfiniteWas Shakespeare gay? The answer is both simpler and more complex than you might think . . .Shakespeare'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.Straight Actingand 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.'Magisterial and saucy . . . This fresh account kickstarts the queer canon of English literature: Shakespeare won't go back in the closet again'EMMA SMITH, author ofand This Is Shakespeare'Engrossing, enlightening and hugely entertaining'SARAH WATERS, author ofand Fingersmith\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Will Tosh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44236436570172,"sku":"9781529390483","price":3865.5,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/9781529390483_201.jpg?v=1776788276","url":"https:\/\/libertybooksstore.myshopify.com\/products\/straight-acting-the-many-queer-lives-of-william-shakespeare","provider":"LibertyBooksStore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}