Queer Pregnancy in Shakespeare's Plays - Paperback

by Alicia Andrzejewski (Author)

This book addresses an absence in queer readings of Shakespeare's work: the pregnant body. Through discussions of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Titus Andronicus, All's Well That Ends Well, Hamlet, and The Winter's Tale, this book dismantles the heteronormative frameworks through which pregnancy continues to be read.

Author Biography

Alicia Andrzejewski is an assistant professor in the English department at the College of William & Mary. She is a scholar of cultural and Shakespeare studies; queer, feminist, and critical race theory; and the medical humanities. Her scholarly work appears in peer-reviewed journals such as Shakespeare Studies, Shakespeare Bulletin, and The Tennessee Williams Annual Review, and her public-facing work has been published in venues such as The Chronicle, The Boston Globe, American Theatre, The Huffington Post, LA Review of Books, Electric Literature and others.