| Description |
1 online resource (281 p.) |
| Series |
Literary Studies |
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Literary Studies
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| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. 'Will' and the Dark Side of Sexual Desire -- 2. Male Lust, Power and Rape -- 3. Lustful Women and Male Fantasies of Female Desire -- 4. Romantic Love and Sexual Desire: The Fickleness of Fancy, Eyes and Love's Mind -- 5. The Petrarchan Love Convention: Romance at Odds with Sexual Desire -- 6. Sex, Love and Paradigms of Marriage -- 7. Homoerotic Desire and Same-Sex Bonding: Challenges to Heterosexual Partnership? -- 8. 'The Buildings of My Fancy': Family Ties and Sexual Desire -- Works Cited -- Index |
| Summary |
Analyses how far Shakespeare succeeds in reconciling two polarised areas in the early modern period: sexual desire, or will, and idealised approaches to romantic love |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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| SUBJECT |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast |
| Subject |
Rape in literature.
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Sex in literature.
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Love in literature.
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Love in literature
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Rape in literature
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Sex in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1474488587 |
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9781474488587 |
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9781474488594 |
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1474488595 |
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