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Chaste Bodies and Poisonous Desires in Milton's "Mask"
Ist Teil von
Studies in English literature, 1500-1900, 2006-04, Vol.46 (2), p.435-459
Ort / Verlag
Baltimore: Rice University
Erscheinungsjahr
2006
Link zum Volltext
Quelle
Project MUSE
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Milton's Mask has traditionally been understood as an argument about chastity's protective force against seductive powers. But the masque conceals a more troubling portrayal of desire in seventeenth-century England. Through a reading of the Seventh International Milton Symposium's production of A Mask and Henry Peacham's 1612 emblem "Crimina gravissima," this essay demonstrates that considering Comus's sexual alterity and the drama's queer proliferation of desire not only lends credence to historicizing the text in light of the Castlehaven scandal but also challenges the standard victorious-virtue interpretation of the ending.