Queer Renaissance Historiography Backward Gaze

Dealing with questions of the meaning of eroticism in Renaissance England and its separation from other affective relations, Queer Renaissance Historiography examines the distinctive arrangement of sexuality during this period, and the role that queer theory has played in our understanding of this arrangement. As such this book not only reflects on the practice of writing a queer history of Renaissance England, but also suggests new directions for this practice. Queer Renaissance Historiography collects original contributions from leading experts, participating in a range of critical conversations whilst prompting scholars and students alike to reconsider what we think we know about sex and sexuality in Renaissance England. Presenting ethical, political and critical analyses of Early Modern texts, this book sets the tone for future scholarship on Renaissance sexualities, making a timely intervention in theoretical and methodological debates.

Chapter 1 Queer Renaissance Historiography, StephenGuy-Bray, VinNardizzi, WillStockton; Chapter 2 A Hundred Years of Queering the Renaissance, WillFisher; Chapter 3 Beyond Sodomy, GoranStanivukovi?; Chapter 4 “Let it Suffise”, James M.Bromley; Chapter 5 Diana’s Band, JenniferDrouin; Chapter 6 Women’s Secretaries, JulieCrawford; Chapter 7 The Touch of Office, LaurieShannon; Chapter 8 Grafted to Falstaff and Compounded with Catherine, VinNardizzi; Chapter 9 Andrew Marvell and Sexual Difference, StephenGuy-Bray; Chapter 10 Sexuality and Society in the Poetry of Katherine Philips, GrahamHammill; Chapter 11 Adam and Eve and the Failure of Heterosexuality, WillStockton; Period Cramps, MadhaviMenon;

Stephen Guy-Bray is Professor of English at the University of British Columbia, Canada, Vin Nardizzi, Assistant Professor of English at the University of British Columbia, Canada and Will Stockton, Assistant Professor of English at Ball State University, US