LEADER 03100nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910780172503321 005 20230422042613.0 010 $a1-58729-272-6 035 $a(CKB)111056486861664 035 $a(EBL)837049 035 $a(OCoLC)772845797 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000187583 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11180165 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000187583 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10137267 035 $a(PQKB)11195305 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC837049 035 $a(OCoLC)50413382 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse12499 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL837049 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10379952 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056486861664 100 $a19981026d1999 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aKing James and letters of homoerotic desire$b[electronic resource] /$fDavid M. Bergeron 210 $aIowa City $cUniversity of Iowa Press$dc1999 215 $a1 online resource (261 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-58729-489-3 311 $a0-87745-669-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; Preface; CONTEXTS; 1. Letters and Desire; 2. Esme? 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 330 $aWhat 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 606 $aMale homosexuality$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y17th century$vSources 606 $aMale homosexuality$zScotland$xHistory$y16th century$vSources 606 $aLetter writing$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y17th century 606 $aFavorites, Royal$zGreat Britain$vCorrespondence 606 $aLetter writing$zScotland$xHistory$y16th century 606 $aGay men$zGreat Britain$vCorrespondence 607 $aGreat Britain$xKings and rulers$vCorrespondence 615 0$aMale homosexuality$xHistory 615 0$aMale homosexuality$xHistory 615 0$aLetter writing$xHistory 615 0$aFavorites, Royal 615 0$aLetter writing$xHistory 615 0$aGay men 676 $a941.06/1/092 676 $ab 700 $aBergeron$b David Moore$0141965 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780172503321 996 $aKing James and letters of homoerotic desire$93858504 997 $aUNINA