Keenan, Jillian. Sex with Shakespeare : here's much to do with pain, but more with love

Folger bibliographic ID: 346841
Folger call number: Sh.Misc. 2289
Folger holdings ID: 497629
Accession Number: 269565

"A production of The Tempest sent Shakespeare's language flowing through Keenan's blood for the first time, helping her embrace her unusual sexual identity and find a love story of her own. With fourteen of his plays as a springboard she explores the many facets of love and sexuality. In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Keenan unmasks Helena as a sexual masochist. The Taming of the Shrew goes inside the secret world of bondage, domination, and sadomasochism, while King Lear exposes the ill-fated king as a possible sexual predator. Words are love-- and Shakespeare's expose wildly important conversations about sexuality, consent, and the secrets that simmer beneath our surfaces"--Book jacket

Edition

First edition

General notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-322) and index

Contents

A midsummer night's dream : stand and unfold -- The tempest: were I human -- The winter's tale: an aspect more favorable -- Romeo and Juliet: these violent delights -- The taming of the shrew: rough with love -- Hamlet: nothing, my Lord -- Twelfth night: what should I do -- Love's labor's lost: wonder of the world -- Antony and Cleopatra: here is my space -- Macbeth: double, double -- King Lear: speak -- Othello: beast with two backs -- Cymbeline: what we may be -- As you like it: what you will

Item information about Folger Sh.Misc. 2289

Publisher's illustrated dust jacket over paper boards

Extended title: Sex with Shakespeare : here's much to do with pain, but more with love / Jillian Keenan

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Keenan, Jillian Sex in literature Authors, American Fetishism (Sexual behavior) Corporal punishment

author: Keenan, Jillian
subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
subject: Keenan, Jillian
publisher: William Morrow and Company