| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Sexuality as silence: representing Edward II in medieval English literature -- Sexuality as identity: a king, a lover, and a crisis of identity in Christopher Marlowe's Edward II -- Sexuality as history: understanding Michael Drayton's obsession -- Sexuality as (flawed) nature: "Let Edward be the subject of thy pen" Augustinian character and contradiction in Sir Francis Hubert's The historie of Edward the second -- Sexuality as disease: identification and the role of "defense" in Elizabeth Cary's The history of the life, reign, and death of Edward II -- Sexuality as (political, moral, cultural) exemplum?: the strange case of Edward II in Richard Niccols' Mirror for magistrates -- Conclusion: the doom and promise of history |
| Summary |
When one sees the name Edward II, one also sees his same-sex loves; this correlation between Edward and sexuality has become ingrained into our public recall of history. This text explores the discourses of sexuality that surround Edward II in Renaissance-era works by Marlowe, Drayton, Hubert, Cary, and Niccols, arguing that, as a result of this very public conversation, Edward II emerges as a unique construction of an identity based on same-sex desire-the veritable once (and future) gay king |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
| Subject |
Edward II, King of England, 1284-1327 -- In literature
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Edward II, King of England, 1284-1327 -- Relations with men
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| SUBJECT |
Edward II, King of England, 1284-1327 fast |
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English fiction -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
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Homosexuality in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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English fiction -- Early modern
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Homosexuality in literature
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Literature
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Relations with men
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2017010468 |
| ISBN |
9781498534598 |
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1498534597 |
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