{"product_id":"9780062378729","title":"Sex with Shakespeare: Here's Much to Do with Pain, but More with Love","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eKeenan, Jillian\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWilliam Morrow Paperbacks\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4\/4\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA provocative, moving, kinky, and often absurdly funny memoir about Shakespeare, love, obsession, and spanking\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen it came to understanding love, a teenage Jillian Keenan had nothing to guide her—until a production of \u003cem\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/em\u003e sent Shakespeare’s language flowing through her blood for the first time. In \u003cem\u003eSex with Shakespeare, \u003c\/em\u003eshe tells the story of how the Bard’s plays helped her embrace her unusual sexual identity and find a love story of her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour hundred years after Shakespeare’s death, Keenan’s smart and passionate memoir brings new life to his work. With fourteen of his plays as a springboard, she explores the many facets of love and sexuality—from desire and communication to fetish and fantasy. In \u003cem\u003eA Midsummer Night\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e’s Dream\u003c\/em\u003e, Keenan unmasks Helena as a sexual masochist—like Jillian herself. In \u003cem\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/em\u003e, she examines criminalized sexual identities and the dark side of “privacy.” \u003cem\u003eThe Taming of the Shrew\u003c\/em\u003e goes inside the secret world of bondage, domination, and sadomasochism, while \u003cem\u003eKing Lear \u003c\/em\u003eexposes the ill-fated king as a possible sexual predator. Moving through the canon, Keenan makes it abundantly clear that literature is a conversation. In \u003cem\u003eSex with Shakespeare\u003c\/em\u003e, words are love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Keenan wanders the world in search of connection, from desert dictatorships to urban islands to disputed territories, Shakespeare goes with her —and provokes complex, surprising, and wildly important conversations about sexuality, consent, and the secrets that simmer beneath our surfaces.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414011019519,"sku":"9780062378729","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780062378729_s600x595.jpg?v=1779895173","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780062378729","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}