Eros and Poetry at the Courts of Mary Queen of Scots and James VI

by Sarah M. Dunnigan

Book Overview

Eros and Poetry examines the erotics of literary desire at the Stewart court in Scotland during the reigns of Mary, Queen of Scots and James VI. Encompassing the period from the early 1560s to the late 1590s, this is the first study to link together Scottish Marian and Jacobean court literatures, presenting a relatively unknown body of writing, newly theorized and contextualized. It argues that in this period erotic poetry can only be considered in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333918754
• ISBN13: 9780333918753
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 219 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.8" x 8.7"