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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bergeron, David Moore.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Male homosexuality--Great Britain--History--17th century--Sources.

Male homosexuality.

Male homosexuality--Scotland--History--16th century--Sources.

Letter writing--Great Britain--History--17th century.

Letter writing.

Favorites, Royal--Great Britain--Correspondence.

Favorites, Royal.

Letter writing--Scotland--History--16th century.

Gay men--Great Britain--Correspondence.

Gay men.

Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Correspondence.

Great Britain.

James I, King of England, 1566-1625--Correspondence.

James.

James I, King of England, 1566-1625--Sexual behavior.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 p.)

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-58729-272-6

OCLC:

772845797