{"product_id":"straight-acting","title":"Straight Acting","description":"''Fluent and witty . . . confident . . . highly readable''\u003cbr\u003eKathryn Hughes, GUARDIAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Lively and accomplished''\u003cbr\u003eSophie Duncan, LITERARY REVIEW\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Engaging, enthusiastic and informative''\u003cbr\u003ePhilip Hensher, SPECTATOR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Brilliant - so vivid and so sharp, fantastically clever and consistently fascinating''\u003cbr\u003eKATHERINE RUNDELL, author of Super-Infinite\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWas Shakespeare gay? The answer is both simpler and more complex than you might think . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShakespeare''s work was profoundly influenced by the queer culture of his time - much of it totally integrated into mainstream society. From a relentless schooling in Latin and Greek homoeroticism, to a less formal education on the streets and in smoky taverns, from the gender-bending of the early comedies to the astonishingly queer literary scene that nurtured Shakespeare''s sonnets, this is a story of artistic development and of personal crisis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStraight Acting is a surprising portrait of Shakespeare''s queer lives - his own and those in his plays and poems. It is a journey back in time and through Shakespeare''s England, revealing a culture that both endorsed and supressed same-sex desire. It is a call to stop making Shakespeare act straight and to recognise how queerness powerfully shaped the life and career of the world''s most famous playwright.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Magisterial and saucy . . . This fresh account kickstarts the queer canon of English literature: Shakespeare won''t go back in the closet again''\u003cbr\u003eEMMA SMITH, author of This Is Shakespeare","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57111363912015,"sku":"9781529390513","price":21.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0061\/0372\/8217\/files\/9781529390513_1-straight-acting.jpg?v=1771994672","url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/straight-acting","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}