Male Friendship and Testimonies of Love in Shakespeare’s England

By:

Will Tosh

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Hardback

Series:

Early Modern Literature in History

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Male Friendship and Testimonies of Love in Shakespeare’s England reveals the complex and unfamiliar forms of friendship that existed between men in the late sixteenth century. Using the unpublished letter archive of the Elizabethan spy Anthony Bacon (1558-1601), it shows how Bacon negotiated a path through life that relied on the support of his friends, rather than the advantages and status that came with marriage. Through a set of case-studies focusing on the Inns of Court, the prison, the aristocratic great house and the spiritual connection between young and ardent Protestants, this book argues that the ‘friendship spaces’ of early modern England permitted the expression of male same-sex intimacy to a greater extent than has previously been acknowledged.

Author Biography:

Will Tosh is Lecturer and Research Fellow at Globe Education, Shakespeare's Globe, UK. Educated at Oxford University and Queen Mary University of London, he is now lead investigator in performance practice at the Globe's candle-lit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.

Release date Australia

April 22nd, 2016

Author

Will Tosh

Audience

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly

Edition

1st ed. 2016

Illustrations

XIII, 211 p.

Pages

211

Series

Early Modern Literature in History

Dimensions

148x210x18

ISBN-13

9781137494962

Product ID

24541612

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