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Filthy Shakespeare by Pauline Kiernan

Filthy Shakespeare

Shakespeare’s Most Outrageous Sexual Puns

Shakespeare’s Most Outrageous Sexual Puns

By Pauline Kiernan

By Pauline Kiernan

By Pauline Kiernan

By Pauline Kiernan

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Category: Humor

Category: Humor

Paperback $12.00

Oct 07, 2008 | 304 Pages

Ebook $8.99

Oct 07, 2008 | 304 Pages

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    About Filthy Shakespeare

    Celebrating the Bard in all his bawdy glory, an eminent scholar puts the spotlight on the down-and-dirty sexual puns lurking in Shakespeare?s work.

    Everyone knows of his matchless understanding of the human condition, but we have been deprived for centuries of the full extent of one of Shakespeare?s most brilliant dramatic devices. Restoring the saucy, often shocking meanings that lie beneath his words, Filthy Shakespeare gives modern readers a tour of the brothels, buggery, trannies, pimps, pricks, and other tawdry references populating his best-known works. The tension between sexual wordplay and politics provides a captivating historical backdrop, while the fascinating facts about life in Will?s England make us see his masterworks in their gritty authenticity.

    Revealing and riotously funny, Filthy Shakespeare is the perfect gift for anyone who wants to rediscover the master of the sexual pun at his most inventive.

    About Filthy Shakespeare

    Celebrating the Bard in all his bawdy glory, an eminent scholar puts the spotlight on the down-and-dirty sexual puns lurking in Shakespeare?s work.

    Everyone knows of his matchless understanding of the human condition, but we have been deprived for centuries of the full extent of one of Shakespeare?s most brilliant dramatic devices. Restoring the saucy, often shocking meanings that lie beneath his words, Filthy Shakespeare gives modern readers a tour of the brothels, buggery, trannies, pimps, pricks, and other tawdry references populating his best-known works. The tension between sexual wordplay and politics provides a captivating historical backdrop, while the fascinating facts about life in Will?s England make us see his masterworks in their gritty authenticity.

    Revealing and riotously funny, Filthy Shakespeare is the perfect gift for anyone who wants to rediscover the master of the sexual pun at his most inventive.

    About Pauline Kiernan

    Pauline Kiernan spent 10 years in London as a journalist before studying at the University of Oxford, where she took a doctorate in Shakespeare, and went on to teach at several colleges there. Dr. Kiernan is a screenwriter, an award-winning… More about Pauline Kiernan

    About Pauline Kiernan

    Pauline Kiernan spent 10 years in London as a journalist before studying at the University of Oxford, where she took a doctorate in Shakespeare, and went on to teach at several colleges there. Dr. Kiernan is a screenwriter, an award-winning… More about Pauline Kiernan

    Product Details

    Category: Humor

    Paperback | $12.00
    Published by Avery
    Oct 07, 2008 | 304 Pages | 5-1/8 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9781592404018

    Category: Humor

    Ebook | $8.99
    Published by Avery
    Oct 07, 2008 | 304 Pages | ISBN 9781101161401

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    Table Of Contents

    Filthy ShakespeareAcknowledgments
    A Note Before You Begin
    Introduction: Sex in Shakespeare’s Time
    A Note on Sources

    Pertaining to Fucking
    Pertaining to Cunt
    Pertaining to Prick
    Pertaining to Erection
    Pertaining to Ejaculation
    Pertaining to Wanking
    Pertaining to Cunnilingus
    Pertaining to Fellatio
    Pertaining to Buggery
    Pertaining to Transvestite
    Pertaining to Lesbian
    Pertaining to Homosexual
    Pertaining to Brothels
    Pertaining to Male Whore
    Pertaining to Female Whore
    Pertaining to The ClapPertaining to Dildos
    Pertaining to Boobs
    Pertaining to Balls
    Pertaining to Pubes
    Pertaining to Impotence
    Pertaining to Virginity
    Pertaining to Pimps

    Appendix
    Index

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