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King James and letters of homoerotic desire
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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 k...
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
Details
- Creator
- David M. Bergeron
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c1999
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (261 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9781587292729, 1587292726, 1587294893, 0877456690
- OCLC
- ocn772845797, ocm50413382
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- 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
Subjects
- Male homosexuality -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century -- Sources.
- Male homosexuality -- Scotland -- History -- 16th century -- Sources.
- Letter writing -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century.
- Favorites, Royal -- Great Britain -- Correspondence.
- Letter writing -- Scotland -- History -- 16th century.
- Gay men -- Great Britain -- Correspondence.
- Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Correspondence.
- James I, King of England, 1566-1625 -- Correspondence.
- James I, King of England, 1566-1625 -- Sexual behavior.