Shakespeare Electronic Conference, Vol. 6, No. 0078. Monday, 6 February 1995.
(1) From: Grant Moss <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Monday, 6 Feb 1995 09:48:08 -0500 (EST)
Subj: Re: SHK 6.0069 Qs: Homoerotic
(2) From: Christine Mack Gordon <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Monday, 6 Feb 95 09:34:39 -0500
Subj: SHK 6.0069 Qs: Homoerotic
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From: Grant Moss <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Monday, 6 Feb 1995 09:48:08 -0500 (EST)
Subject: 6.0069 Qs: Homoerotic
Comment: Re: SHK 6.0069 Qs: Homoerotic
Regarding the recent inquiry on homoeroticism in the sonnets I would suggest
the book "Queering the Renaissance," a collection of essays edited by (I think)
Jonathan Goldberg. To the best of my knowledge, the debate still rages on, but
I think we need to be wary of trying to apply 20th-century standards and
definition of gayness to the 16th and 17th centuries, tempting though it often
is. I don't mean to reject the idea of the sonnets and other works being
gay--they may very well be--but the fact that they sound like love letters to
someone in 1995 is not enough to establish anything definite.
Grant Moss
UNC-Chapel Hill
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From: Christine Mack Gordon <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Monday, 6 Feb 95 09:34:39 -0500
Subject: Qs: Homoerotic
Comment: SHK 6.0069 Qs: Homoerotic
In addition to Jon Connolly's suggestions, I would highly recommend Bruce
Smith's *Homosexual Desire in Shakespeare's England.*
Chris Gordon