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Readership: Students and scholars of Shakespeare
Stanley Wells, Honorary President of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
"This eloquent, humane and balanced book wears its erudition lightly." - Times Literary Supplement
"He treads a precise and delicate path through Shakespeare's works" - Rob Maslen,TLS
"Well-paced and informative book." - John Stubbs, Literary Review
"[He] captures a great deal of the diversity and freshness of Shakespeare's writing." - John Stubbs, Literary Review,
"He is an expert and highly readable guide to the highways and byways of Shakespearean sexuality." - Charles Nicholl, Financial Times
"This is not a long book, but it draws on Well's decades of close-focus research as a Shakespeare scholar and editor." - Charles Nicholl, Financial Times
"Deeply versed in the period, urbane and unflappable in tone, refreshingly free of ideological agendas." - Charles Nicholl, Financial Times
"Wells is an expert modern guide in terms of literary criticism and biography." - The Times
Preface Introduction Part One: Life and Times 1: Sexuality in Shakespeare's Time 2: Sex and Poetry in Shakespeare's Time 3: Shakespeare and Sex Part Two: Plays and Poems 4: The Fun of Sex 5: Sexual Desire 6: Sex and Love in Romeo and Juliet 7: Sexual Jealousy 8: Sex and Experience 9: Whores and Saints 10: Just Good Friends? Conclusion Further Reading
Watch Stanley Wells talk about his book in his 'Meet the Author' video
