King James and letters of homoerotic desire [[electronic resource] /] / David M. Bergeron

• Autore: Bergeron David Moore
• Pubblicazione: Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (261 p.)
• Disciplina: 941.06/1/092; b
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Kings and rulers Correspondence
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Preface; CONTEXTS; 1. Letters and Desire; 2. Esmé 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: King James and letters of homoerotic desire
• ISBN: 1-58729-272-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780172503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II