The book, entitled Gender Endangered: Shakespearean Perspectives is about the socio-cultural ethos of the sixteenth century Early Modern England. Renaissance society was a crucial site of masculinized power. But with the appearance of Queen Elizabeth, a new vision of female self-identity evolved before Shakespeare which inspired him to a great extent. This led him to create a series of bright heroines throughout his literary carrier, who may be seen as protests against the patriarchal Elizabethan society. In contrast, the corruption of Jacobean administration may be a rationale for a dismal projection of masculinity in many of Shakespearean plays. Such recourse to a most unconventional technique appears to be the playwright's trick to radically subvert the traditional gender order. Secondly, Shakespeare had made use of the concept of interchangeability of gender that lay at the very root of the Renaissance concept of man. This may also be a way of the playwright to challenge accepted gender norms. About the Author Dr. Shruti Lahiri is an Associate Professor in the Department of English (UG and PG) in Narasinha Dutt College, Howrah, West Bengal. She has completed her Graduation and Masters in Jadavpur University. She has been awarded PhD in the year 2013. Her area of interest is Gender Studies. In her research work, she had focused on the cult and practice of gender in Early Modern England and to what extent it influenced Shakespearean plays. Dr. Lahiri has co-edited a book Gender in Literature: Some Perspectives, which was published in 2015. She has solely edited and published a book titled, “The Cult of the Androgyne”. Reflections in Life and Literature, Art and Religion in 2020. The publisher was Authors Press. Dr. Lahiri has several National and International publications to her credit. She also delivers lectures in different Colleges and University from time to time.