Friendship and Queer Theory in the Renaissance: Gender and Sexuality in Early Modern England
In this volume, the author offers a substantial
reconsideration of same-sex relations in the early modern period, and
argues that early modern writers – rather than simply celebrating a
classical friendship model based in dyadic exclusivity and a rejection
of self-interest – sought to innovate on classical models for idealized
friendship. This book redirects scholarly conversations regarding
gender, sexuality, classical receptions, and the economic aspects of
social relations in the early modern period. It points to new directions
in the application of queer theory to Renaissance literature by
examining group friendship as a celebrated social formation in the work
of early modern writers from Shakespeare to Milton.
This volume will be of interest to scholars of the early modern period in England, as well as to those interested in the intersections between literature and gender studies, economic history and the economic aspects of social relations, the classics and the classical tradition, and the history of sexuality.
This volume will be of interest to scholars of the early modern period in England, as well as to those interested in the intersections between literature and gender studies, economic history and the economic aspects of social relations, the classics and the classical tradition, and the history of sexuality.
