The book thus masterfully interweaves critical theory with analysis grounded in historical context...For those teaching or researching themes of construction of the self, embodiment, gender identity, and theatricality, there will be much to ponder after reading this thoughtful and surprising study.
James M. Bromley is Associate Professor of English at Miami University. He is the author of Intimacy and Sexuality in the Age of Shakespeare (2012) and co-editor of Sex before Sex: Figuring the Act in Early Modern England (2013). He has been awarded a Solmsen Fellowship at the Institute for Research in the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin and a Mellon Foundation Fellowship from the Folger Shakespeare Library.