Texts, Sex, and Perversion on the Early Modern Stage

Texts, Sex, and Perversion on the Early Modern Stage

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Main Author: Francis, James
Language:English
Published: Miami University / OhioLINK 2011
Subjects:
Literature
Early modern drama
history of the book
queer theory
Shakespeare
Marlowe
Middleton
Beaumont and Fletcher
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1309811112
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-miami13098111122021-08-03T05:41:25Z Texts, Sex, and Perversion on the Early Modern Stage Francis, James Literature Early modern drama history of the book queer theory Shakespeare Marlowe Middleton Beaumont and Fletcher This thesis attempts a synthesis of bibliographic criticism and queer theory by examining representations of texts as eroticized objects in early modern drama. Through analyses of plays by Marlowe, Shakespeare, Middleton, and Beaumont & Fletcher, the thesis demonstrates how the stage collapses sex into writing, reading, and bookmaking. Early modern drama breaks down the distinction between the “real” and the “metaphoric” by interlocking its discourses about sex and texts. By locating textual objects in a matrix of eroticized acts of writing and reading, the stage reveals an early modern tendency to organize sex, desire, and pleasure around objects and acts rather than identities. 2011-07-07 English text Miami University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1309811112 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1309811112 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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topic Literature
Early modern drama
history of the book
queer theory
Shakespeare
Marlowe
Middleton
Beaumont and Fletcher
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Early modern drama
history of the book
queer theory
Shakespeare
Marlowe
Middleton
Beaumont and Fletcher
Francis, James
Texts, Sex, and Perversion on the Early Modern Stage
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