Homosexualities in the English Theatre: From Lyly to Wilde
Scholars have given increasing amounts of attention to the place of homosexuality in different periods of English cultural and literary history. This book is a broad survey of representations of homosexuality in the English theatre from the Renaissance to the late 19th century. It draws on scholarship from a wide range of disciplines, including sociology, history, psychology, literature, and drama. The first chapter provides a background for the book by discussing the nature of same-sex...
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Examines representations of homosexuality in the English theatre from the Renaissance to the close of the 19th century.BooknewsFranceschina (theater arts, Pennsylvania State U.) examines same-sex discourse in plays spanning over two centuries, and surveys postmodern critical responses to gender issues in order to re-evaluate and reinscribe traditional notions of gender and same-sex behavior. His treatment is essentially descriptive as he applies insights from sociology, history, psychology, literature, and drama to both familiar and little known works. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Preface1Classical Vices12"Ganymede Is Up and Hebe Down"193Roaring Girls and Silent Women654Platonic Lovers895Witty Extravagance1116Beaux and Buggers1457The Augustan Beau1678Love in the Suds1979Poetic License22510Melodramas and Marjories24311Decadence265Bibliography293Index327
\ BooknewsFranceschina theater arts, Pennsylvania State U. examines same-sex discourse in plays spanning over two centuries, and surveys postmodern critical responses to gender issues in order to re-evaluate and reinscribe traditional notions of gender and same-sex behavior. His treatment is essentially descriptive as he applies insights from sociology, history, psychology, literature, and drama to both familiar and little known works. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.\ \
