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A new collection of recent essays by the most important scholars, critics and theorists of today, with a lively and accessible introduction by Alan Sinfield. In diverse ways, Macbeth is approached as a play where provocative ideas about gender language and political structures are exposed and tested. This New Casebook is full of exciting ideas about Macbeth and is a convenient way to assess recent critical developments through the work of the ...

Through agile and often provocative discussions of texts by Shakespeare, Sidney, Donne, and Marlowe, the scope of dissidence and control is reassessed in relation to the state, gender and sexualities, religion and cultural production.

A coherent and compelling politics of reading. . . . Sinfield is intervening in a cultural debate not merely about the meaning of the texts he considers but about the very nature of literary study itself. Though his reading of central Renaissance texts such as Sidney's "Defence, Marlowe's "Tamburlaine, Shakespeare's "Othello, and Donne's lyrics are wonderfully agile and alert, the true stakes of his argument are the protocols of the institutio...

It is widely supposed that the most suitable partner will be someone very much like oneself, gay fiction and cinema are often organized around this assumption. Nonetheless, power differentials are remarkably persistent -- as well as sexy. What are the personal and political implications of this insight?Sinfield argues that hierarchies in interpersonal relations are continuous with the main power differentials of our social and political life (...

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This important book brings together many of the leading contributors in the field and provides a compelling manifesto for change in social justice.

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Was Shakespeare gay? Is The Merchant of Venice anti-Semitic? How does mainstream reading differ from that of subcultural groups? In this lively and readable book, Alan Sinfield challenges the assumptions of English literature and investigates the principles and practices that may inform lesbian and gay reading.

Papers include: Tragedy and the nationalist condition of criticism "Thomas Doucherty"--Descartes, Baudrillard, Dryden and a consideration of cultural relations between England and France in the late seventeenth century.ILaodamia and the moaning of Mary "John" "Barrell"--changing critical responses to Wordsworth's "heroic version of masculinity." Melodrama as Avant-garde: enacting a new subjectivity "Simon Shepherd"--nineteenth-century English ...

Shakespeare, Authority, Sexuality is a powerful reassessment of cultural materialism as a way of understanding textuality, history and culture, by one of the founding figures of this critical movement. Alan Sinfield examines cultural materialism both as a body of ongoing argument and as it informs particular works by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, especially in relation to sexuality in early-modern England and queer theory. The book has s...

Cultural Politics - Queer Reading" is a bold and enduring challenge to the assumptions that have shaped the study of English literature. It offers a widely influential investigation of the principles and practice that may inform dissident reading and a compelling argument for intellectual allegiances beyond the academy.Since its initial publication in 1994, the lively, accessible polemic of "Cultural Politics - Queer Reading" has stimulated de...

Life is an incredible journey. A journey in which memories play a critical role. Memories of joy, pain, happiness, love and sorrow. Spindly Legs and Cigarettes is not just my journey though. This book reaches the deepest of souls covering real emotions, real experiences and real events of the past 40 years. A compelling and often hilarious read, Spindly Legs and Cigarettes appeals to everybody. From a child wanting to re-live the excitement of...

Julia's bears are all very excited to find out that they will be going to stay with Julia's cousin for a month - on a farm! When they arrive, they discover there are new friends to be made, but also dangerous animals to be avoided, like the sly farm cat Jezebel. They are all looking forward to the event of the summer: the Medieval Fair. But the fair turns sour when a certain bear is snatched away from the others! Will the bears be able to r...

It is widely supposed that the most suitable partner will be someone very much like oneself, gay fiction and cinema are often organized around this assumption. Nonetheless, power differentials are remarkably persistent -- as well as sexy. What are the personal and political implications of this insight?Sinfield argues that hierarchies in interpersonal relations are continuous with the main power differentials of our social and political life (...

Herman has been Julia's special bear for a long time. She takes him everywhere with her in his own linen carrier and he is very much admired wherever they go. When Julia hears about an old bear who is no longer loved and cared for, she decides that he should make a new home with her and Herman. The two bears become friends immediately and they don't mind at all when Julia discovers more bears needing a special home with lots of love. What wil...