Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Preface xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Part One ABROAD AT HOME: THE QUESTION OF QUEENS
7. CHAPTER ONE Falling off the Edge of the World: Ralegh among the Amazons 49
8. CHAPTER TWO Fearful Simile: Stealing the Breech in Shakespeare's Chronicle Plays 79
9. CHAPTER THREE Stranger in the Mirror: Amazon Reflections in the Jacobean Queen's Masque 109
10. Part Two SPLITTING THE DIFFERENCE: HOMOEROTICISM AND HOME LIFE
11. CHAPTER FOUR Dressed to Kill: Looking for Love in The Faerie Queene 137
12. CHAPTER FIVE The Probable Impossible: Inventing Lesbians in Arcadia 175
13. CHAPTER SIX Tragical Mirth: Framing Shakespeare's Hippolyta 203
14. Epilogue: Via The Two Noble Kinsmen 236
15. Notes 239
16. Bibliography 261
17. Index 277