SOURCE: Levin, Carole. “‘Lust being Lord, there is no trust in kings’: Passion, King John, and the Responsibilities of Kingship.” In Sexuality and Politics in Renaissance Drama, pp. 255-78. Lewiston, Penn.: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1991.
In the following essay, Levin considers how The Downfall of Robert, Earl of Huntington and The Death of Robert, Earl of Huntington “explicate the ideology of uncontrolled sexuality as a metaphor for all manner of ill-rule.”
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