{"product_id":"9781529390513","title":"Straight Acting : The Many Queer Lives of William Shakespeare by Will Tosh","description":"'Fluent and witty . . . confident . . . highly readable'Kathryn Hughes, GUARDIAN'Lively and accomplished'Sophie Duncan, LITERARY REVIEW'Engaging, enthusiastic and informative'Philip Hensher, SPECTATOR'Brilliant - so vivid and so sharp, fantastically clever and consistently fascinating'KATHERINE RUNDELL, author of Super-InfiniteWas Shakespeare gay? The answer is both simpler and more complex than you might think . . .\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\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\u003cp\u003e'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 of This Is Shakespeare\u003c\/p\u003e,\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback,\u003cbr\u003ePagination: 304 pages","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46228199407843,"sku":"9781529390513","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1701\/6275\/files\/9781529390513.jpg?v=1744040832","url":"https:\/\/www.harbourbookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781529390513","provider":"The Harbour Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}