Intimacy and sexuality in the age of Shakespeare /

"Bromley investigates Renaissance drama, poetry and prose through the lens of 'non-standard' and experimental forms of affection"--provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bromley, James M., 1978-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Subjects:	English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism. Sex in literature. Intimacy (Psychology) in literature. Self in literature. Homosexuality in literature. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction: interiority, futurity, and affective relations in Renaissance literature
1. Intimacy and narrative closure in Christopher Marlowe's Hero and Leander
2. A funny thing happened on the way to the altar: the anus, marriage, and narrative in Shakespeare
3. Social status and the intimacy of masochistic sexual practice in Beaumont and Fletcher and Middleton
4. Nuns and nationhood: intimacy in convents in Renaissance drama
5. Female homoeroticism, race, and public forms of intimacy in the works of Lady Mary Wroth
Epilogue: invitation to a queer life.