The Reputation of Edward II, 1305-1697
Amsterdam University Press (Verlag)
978-94-6372-933-8 (ISBN)
Kit Heyam is a Lecturer in English in the Department of Humanities, Northumbria University and a queer history activist. Their recent publications include ‘Paratexts and Pornographic Potential in SeventeenthCentury Anatomy Books’ (The Seventeenth Century, 2018) and ‘Gender Nonconformity and Military Internment: Curating the Knockaloe Slides’ (Critical Military Studies, 2019).
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Life of an 'unfortunate king'
Writing Edward II's narrative
Reading Edward II's narrative
Structure
Chapter 1 - Riot, Sodomy, and Minions: The Ambiguous Discourse of Sexual Transgression
Introduction
Riot
Sodomy
Minions
Conclusion
Chapter 2 - From Goats to Ganymedes: The Development of Edward II's Sexual Reputation
Introduction
Lechery and goats
Sexualized stock phrases
Ganymede
The role of Marlowe
Conclusion
Chapter 3 - Edward II and Piers Gaveston: Brothers, Friends, Lovers
Introduction
Brotherhood and friendship
Romanticizing Edward and Gaveston
Conclusion
Chapter 4 - 'Is it not strange that he is thus bewitch'd?': Edward II's Agency and Culpability
Introduction
Unsuitable companions
Agency in attraction
Political agency
Evil counsel - or evil nature?
Conclusion
Chapter 5 - Edward II as Political Exemplum
Introduction
Polemical invocations
Other political allusions
Conclusion
Chapter 6 - 'No escape now from a life full of suffering': Edward II's Sensational Fall
Introduction
Deposition
Imprisonment
Edward's story as de casibus narrative
Conclusion
Chapter 7 - Beyond Sexual Mimesis: The Penetrative Murder of Edward II
Introduction
Development of a consensus
Precedents for penetration
Sexual mimesis
Pain and torture
Marlowe's murder scene
Conclusion
Conclusion: The Literary Transformation of History
Introduction
Illuminating Marlowe
Literary transformations
Appendix: Accounts of and allusions to Edward II's reign, composed 1305-1697
Introduction
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2021 |
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Reihe/Serie | Gendering the Late Medieval and Early Modern World |
Verlagsort | Amsterdam |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 94-6372-933-X / 946372933X |
ISBN-13 | 978-94-6372-933-8 / 9789463729338 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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