{"product_id":"9781529390476","title":"Straight Acting : The Many Queer Lives of William Shakespeare","description":"\u003cp\u003eFluent and witty . . . confident . . . highly readable'Kathryn Hughes, GUARDIAN'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 . . .   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 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.   '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'Engrossing, enlightening and hugely entertaining'SARAH WATERS, author of Fingersmith\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45477901992157,"sku":"9781529390476","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/files\/9781529390476.jpg?v=1720433162","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9781529390476","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}