Shakespeare on love & lust
"The complex and sometimes contradictory expressions of love in Shakespeare's works - ranging from the serious to the absurd and back again - arise primarily from his dramatic and theatrical flair rather than from a unified philosophy of love. Untangling his witty, bawdy (and ambiguous) treatment of love, sex, and desire requires a sharp eye and a steady hand. In Shakespeare on Love & Lust, Maurice Charney delves deeply into Shakespeare's rhetorical and thematic development of this largest of subjects to reveal what makes his plays and poems resonate with contemporary audiences."--Jacket
Criticism, interpretation, etc
vii, 234 pages ; 24 cm
9780231104289, 9780231104296, 0231104286, 0231104294
40869796
1. Falling in love : conventions
2. Love doctrine in the comedies
3. Love doctrine in the problem plays and Hamlet
4. Love doctrine in the tragedies
5. Enemies of love
6. Gender definitions
7. Homeoerotic discourses
8. Love and lust : sexual wit