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Author Heyam, Kit, author.
Title The reputation of Edward II, 1305-1697 : a literary transformation of history / Kit Heyam.
Publisher Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2020]
Copyright date ©2020



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Contents Cover -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Riot, Sodomy, and Minions -- The Ambiguous Discourse of Sexual Transgression -- 2. From Goats to Ganymedes -- The Development of Edward II's Sexual Reputation -- 3. Edward II and Piers Gaveston -- Brothers, Friends, Lovers -- 4. 'Is it not strange that he is thus bewitch'd?' -- Edward II's Agency and Culpability -- 5. Edward II as Political Exemplum -- 6. 'No escape now from a life full of suffering' -- Edward II's Sensational Fall -- 7. Beyond Sexual Mimesis -- The Penetrative Murder of Edward II
Conclusion: The Literary Transformation of History -- Appendix: Accounts of and allusions to Edward II's reign, composed 1305-1697 -- Index
ISBN 9789048552146 (electronic bk.)
9048552141 (electronic bk.)
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Author Heyam, Kit, author.
Series Gendering the late medieval and early modern world
Gendering the late medieval and early modern world.
Subject Edward II, King of England, 1284-1327 -- Relations with men.
Edward II, King of England, 1284-1327 -- Public opinion.
Edward II, King of England, 1284-1327 -- In literature.
Homosexuality -- Great Britain -- History.
Great Britain -- History -- Edward II, 1307-1327.
Descript 1 online resource.
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Contents Cover -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Riot, Sodomy, and Minions -- The Ambiguous Discourse of Sexual Transgression -- 2. From Goats to Ganymedes -- The Development of Edward II's Sexual Reputation -- 3. Edward II and Piers Gaveston -- Brothers, Friends, Lovers -- 4. 'Is it not strange that he is thus bewitch'd?' -- Edward II's Agency and Culpability -- 5. Edward II as Political Exemplum -- 6. 'No escape now from a life full of suffering' -- Edward II's Sensational Fall -- 7. Beyond Sexual Mimesis -- The Penetrative Murder of Edward II
Conclusion: The Literary Transformation of History -- Appendix: Accounts of and allusions to Edward II's reign, composed 1305-1697 -- Index
ISBN 9789048552146 (electronic bk.)
9048552141 (electronic bk.)
Author Heyam, Kit, author.
Series Gendering the late medieval and early modern world
Gendering the late medieval and early modern world.
Subject Edward II, King of England, 1284-1327 -- Relations with men.
Edward II, King of England, 1284-1327 -- Public opinion.
Edward II, King of England, 1284-1327 -- In literature.
Homosexuality -- Great Britain -- History.
Great Britain -- History -- Edward II, 1307-1327.

Subject Edward II, King of England, 1284-1327 -- Relations with men.
Edward II, King of England, 1284-1327 -- Public opinion.
Edward II, King of England, 1284-1327 -- In literature.
Homosexuality -- Great Britain -- History.
Great Britain -- History -- Edward II, 1307-1327.
Descript 1 online resource.
Content text txt
Media computer c
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Contents Cover -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Riot, Sodomy, and Minions -- The Ambiguous Discourse of Sexual Transgression -- 2. From Goats to Ganymedes -- The Development of Edward II's Sexual Reputation -- 3. Edward II and Piers Gaveston -- Brothers, Friends, Lovers -- 4. 'Is it not strange that he is thus bewitch'd?' -- Edward II's Agency and Culpability -- 5. Edward II as Political Exemplum -- 6. 'No escape now from a life full of suffering' -- Edward II's Sensational Fall -- 7. Beyond Sexual Mimesis -- The Penetrative Murder of Edward II
Conclusion: The Literary Transformation of History -- Appendix: Accounts of and allusions to Edward II's reign, composed 1305-1697 -- Index
ISBN 9789048552146 (electronic bk.)
9048552141 (electronic bk.)

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