Shakespeare, Sex, & Love

by Stanley Wells

Book Overview

Here is a lively look at how Shakespeare's treatment of human sexuality in his plays and poems relates to the sexual conventions, sexual mores, and actual sexual behaviors of his day.
Pre-eminent Shakespeare critic Stanley Wells draws on historical and anecdotal sources to present an illuminating account of sexual behavior--and its consequences--in Shakespeare's time, particularly in Stratford-upon-Avon and London. Shakespeare's Stratford was...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199578591
• ISBN13: 9780199578597
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.6" x 8.7"