The homoerotics of early modern drama
By: Mario DiGangi.
Series: Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ;; 21
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
Subjects: English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism.; Homosexuality and literature -- England -- History -- 16th century.; Homosexuality and literature -- England -- History -- 17th century.; Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century.; Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century.; English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism.; Literature and society -- England -- History.; Eroticism in literature.; Sodomy in literature.; Renaissance -- England.; Order in literature.; Sex in literature.
Description: DiGangi analyses the relation between homoeroticism and social power in a range of literary and historical texts from the 1580s to the 1620s, drawing on insights from materialist, queer and feminist theory to show the centrality of homoerotic practices.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-208) and index.
Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University.