Homosexualities in the English Theatre: From Lyly to WildeBloomsbury Academic, 1997 M11 30 - 360 páginas Scholars have given increasing amounts of attention to the place of homosexuality in different periods of English cultural and literary history. This book is a broad survey of representations of homosexuality in the English theatre from the Renaissance to the late 19th century. It draws on scholarship from a wide range of disciplines, including sociology, history, psychology, literature, and drama. The first chapter provides a background for the book by discussing the nature of same-sex behavior in the ancient and medieval worlds. The chapters that follow discuss such topics as sodomy and transvestite theatre in the Renaisssance; female transvestism on the English stage during the 17th century; bisexuality in 18th-century drama; the rise of English homophobia and the proliferation of lesbian relationships in England between 1745 and 1790; the homophobic context of English theatre during the Romantic Movement (1790-1835); and the rebirth of interest in Greek thought and its associations with same-sex poetry, drama, and pornography in the Victorian era (1840-1900). |
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... Emma Donoghue , in her study of British lesbian culture , 1668-1801 , Passions Be- tween Women , adds that the “ privilege men guard most closely is the right to be lovers of women ; the crossdresser's breeches are most threatening as a ...
... Emma Donoghue suggests was a homoerotic relationship possibly until 1754 when Charke's narrative pattern changed from " we " to " I. " Since lesbianism was not against the law in England , there are no legal documents detailing same ...
... Emma Donoghue , Passions between Women , 5 , 252–264 . 17. See chapter 43 of Captain Marryat's novel , The Dog Fiend : or , Snarleyow ( 1837 ) , in which Smallbones is forced to wear women's clothing , to the amusement of his companions ...
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Melodramas and Marjories | 243 |
Decadence | 265 |
Bibliography | 293 |
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