On the Queerness of Early English Drama: Sex in the Subjunctive

by Tison Pugh

Often viewed as theologically conservative, many theatrical works of late medieval and early Tudor England nevertheless exploited the performative nature of drama to flirt with unsanctioned expressions of desire, allowing queer identities and themes to emerge. Early plays faced vexing challenges in depicting sexuality, but modes of queerness, including queer scopophilia, queer dialogue, queer characters, and queer performances, fractured prevailing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487508743
• ISBN13: 9781487508746
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher