Curtis Perry

Literature and Favoritism in Early Modern England

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Produktbeschreibung

This book analyzes literary representations of royal favorites in the late Elizabeth and early Stuart period.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 553g
• ISBN-13: 9780521117326
• ISBN-10: 0521117321
• Artikelnr.: 26204523

Autorenporträt

Curtis Perry is a professor of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
A note on texts
1. 'Prerogative Pleasures': favoritism and monarchy in early modern England
2. Leicester and his ghosts
3. Amici Principis: imagining the good favorite
4. Poisoning favor
5. Erotic favoritism as a language of corruption in early modern drama
6. 'What pleased the prince': Edward II and the imbalanced constitution
7. Instrumental favoritism and the uses of Roman history
Afterword: 'In a true sense there is no Monarchy'
Notes
Index.