| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Cornelius, Michael G. Edward II and a literature of same-sex love Lanham : Lexington Books, 2016 9781498534581 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017010468 |
| ISBN | 9781498534598 (Electronic) |
