#705: A Pedagogy of Desire
Ruminating on Shakespeare's *As You Like It*
Shakespeare’s As You Like It is a darling of postmodern literary criticism. It has everything someone wanting to ‘queer’ the Bard might want: a world-weary cynic who travels and delights in “experiences,” an enchanted atmosphere that seems suspended in time, and (most importantly) a young woman (Rosalind) acting like a man (Ganymede) while on the run wh…


