Monarchy and Incest in Renaissance England : Literature, Culture, Kinship, and Kingship / Bruce Thomas Boehrer
1992, 1st edition. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #386381
ISBN: 0812231341
Physical description; 189 pp. Contents; Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Henry VIII and the Political Uses of Incest Theory -- 2. Incest and Tudor Literary Politics -- 3. James I and the Fabrication of Kinship -- 4. The End of Kingship? -- 5. Conclusions: The Politics of Incest Theory -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. Subjects; 16th-17th centuries. English literature Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism. Incest in literature. Kings and rulers. Monarchy. Politics and literature Great Britain. Renaissance. Cultural Studies.
Price: €40.00