{"product_id":"2940170005857","title":"Sex with Shakespeare: Here's Much to Do with Pain, but More with Love","description":"\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 heramp;#8212;until a production of \u003cem\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/em\u003e sent Shakespeareamp;#8217;s language flowing through her blood for the first time. In \u003cem\u003eSex with Shakespeare, \u003c\/em\u003eshe tells the story of how the Bardamp;#8217;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 Shakespeareamp;#8217;s death, Keenanamp;#8217;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 sexualityamp;#8212;from desire and communication to fetish and fantasy. In \u003cem\u003eA Midsummer Night\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eamp;#8217;s Dream\u003c\/em\u003e, Keenan unmasks Helena as a sexual masochistamp;#8212;like Jillian herself. In \u003cem\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/em\u003e, she examines criminalized sexual identities and the dark side of amp;#8220;privacy.amp;#8221; \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 amp;#8212;and provokes complex, surprising, and wildly important conversations about sexuality, consent, and the secrets that simmer beneath our surfaces.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47179475353840,"sku":"2940170005857","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170005857_p0.jpg?v=1763699117","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170005857","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}