Male Friendship and Testimonies of Love in Shakespeare’s England

Male Friendship and Testimonies of Love in Shakespeare’s England
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Total Pages : 220
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ISBN-10 : 9781137494979
ISBN-13 : 1137494972
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Book Synopsis Male Friendship and Testimonies of Love in Shakespeare’s England by : Will Tosh

Download or read book Male Friendship and Testimonies of Love in Shakespeare’s England written by Will Tosh and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-23 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Using the unpublished letter archive of the Elizabethan spy Anthony Bacon (1558-1601), it shows how Bacon negotiated a path through life that relied on the support of his friends,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.


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