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Autore |
Bergeron David Moore |
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Titolo |
King James and letters of homoerotic desire [[electronic resource] /] / David M. Bergeron |
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Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c1999 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (261 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Male homosexuality - Great Britain - History - 17th century |
Male homosexuality - Scotland - History - 16th century |
Letter writing - Great Britain - History - 17th century |
Favorites, Royal - Great Britain |
Letter writing - Scotland - History - 16th century |
Gay men - Great Britain |
Electronic books. |
Great Britain Kings and rulers Correspondence |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; Preface; CONTEXTS; 1. Letters and Desire; 2. EsmeĢ Stuart, Duke of Lennox; 3. Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset; 4. George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham; TEXTS; 5. Letters of James and Buckingham; 6. Ane Metaphoricall Invention of a Tragedie Called Phoenix; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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What can we know of the private lives of early British sovereigns? Through the unusually large number of letters that survive from King James VI of Scotland/James I of England (1566-1625), we can know a great deal. Using original letters, primarily from the British Library and the National Library of Scotland, David Bergeron creatively argues that James' correspondence with certain men in his court constitutes a gospel of homoerotic desire. Bergeron grounds his provocative study on an examination of the tradition of letter writing during the Renaissance and draws a connection b |
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