{"product_id":"straight-acting-will-tosh-9781529390513","title":"Straight Acting","description":"'Fluent and witty . . . confident . . . highly readable'\nKathryn Hughes, GUARDIAN\n'Lively and accomplished'\nSophie Duncan, LITERARY REVIEW\n'Engaging, enthusiastic and informative'\nPhilip Hensher, SPECTATOR\n'Brilliant - so vivid and so sharp, fantastically clever and consistently fascinating'\nKATHERINE RUNDELL, author of Super-Infinite\nWas Shakespeare gay? The answer is both simpler and more complex than you might think . . .\nShakespeare'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.\nStraight 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.\n'Magisterial and saucy . . . This fresh account kickstarts the queer canon of English literature: Shakespeare won't go back in the closet again'\nEMMA SMITH, author of This Is Shakespeare","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50078577164576,"sku":"9781529390513","price":11.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781529390513.jpg?v=1768588853","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/straight-acting-will-tosh-9781529390513","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}