Shakespeare and Sexuality

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Edited by Catherine M. S. Alexander and Stanley Wells

Cambridge University Press

Due/Published October 2001, 200 pages, paper

ISBN 0521804752

This volume draws together ten important essays which use a variety of approaches and materials to explore the significance of sexuality in Shakespeare's work. Some consider the erotic effect of Shakespeare's language; others are concerned with expressions of desire (male, female, inter-racial, homosexual and heterosexual) in performance as well as text. Many are reprinted from Shakespeare Survey. They are introduced by Ann Thompson's survey of the topic in recent criticism, and conclude with a new essay by Celia Daileader on nudity in Shakespeare films.

Contributors: Ann Thompson, William C. Carroll, Lloyd Davis, Mary Bly, Catherine Belsey, Michael Hattaway, Subha Mukerji, Margreta de Grazia, John Russell Brown, Celia R. Daileader

Contents

1. Shakespeare and sexuality--Ann Thompson
2. Language and sexuality in Shakespeare--William C. Carroll
3. Death and desire in Romeo and Juliet--Lloyd Davis
4. The legacy of Julietās desire in comedies of the early 1600s--Mary Bly
5. Love in Venice--Catherine Belsey
6. Male sexuality and misogyny--Michael Hattaway
7. Consummation, custom and law in All's Well that Ends Well--Subha Mukherji
8. The scandal of Shakespeare's Sonnets Margreta de Grazia
9. Representing sexuality in Shakespeare's plays--John Russell Brown
10. Nude Shakespeare in film and nineties popular feminism--Celia R. Daileader.