Beginning with the beguiling queerness of the Renaissance letter Q, Jeffrey Masten's stylishly written and extensively illustrated Queer Philologies demonstrates the intimate relation between the history of sexuality and the history of the language.

Note on Citations and QuotationsIntroduction. On Q: An Introduction to Queer PhilologyChapter 1. Spelling Shakespeare: Early Modern "Orthography" and the Secret Lives of Shakespeare's CompositorsLEXICON 1. FRIENDSHIPChapter 2. "Sweet Persuasion," the Taste of Letters, and Male FriendshipChapter 3. Extended "Conversation": Living with Christopher Marlowe; a Brief History of "Intercourse"LEXICON 2. BOY-DESIREChapter 4. Reading "Boys": Performance and PrintChapter 5. "Amorous Leander," Boy-desire, Gay Shame; Or, Straightening Out Christopher MarloweLEXICON 3. SODOMYChapter 6. Is the "Fundament" a Grave? Translating the Early Modern BodyChapter 7. When Genres Breed: "Mongrell Tragicomedie" and Queer Kinship Editing PhilologiesChapter 8. All Is Not Glossed: Editing Sex, Race, Gender, and Affect in ShakespeareChapter 9. More or Less Queer: Female "Bumbast" in Sir Thomas MoreNotesBibliography