Shakespeare and Queer Representation

<p>In this engaging and accessible guidebook Stephen Guy-Bray uses queer theory to argue that in many of Shakespeare’s works representation itself becomes queer.</p><p>Shakespeare often uses representation not just as a lens through which to tell a story but as a textual tool in itself. <i>Shakespeare and Queer Representation </i>includes a thorough introduction that discusses how we can define queer representation with each chapter developing these theories to examine works that span the entire career of Shakespeare including his sonnets <em>Venus and Adonis</em> <em>The Rape of Lucrece</em> <em>King John</em> <em>Macbeth</em> and <em>Cymbeline</em>. The book highlights the extent to which Shakespeare’s works can be seen to anticipate and even to extend many of the insights of the latest developments in queer theory.</p><p>This thought-provoking and evocative book is an essential guide for students studying Shakespeare and Renaissance literature gender studies and queer literary theory.</p>