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Plays of Persuasion: Drama and Politics at the Court of Henry VIII

Autor Greg Walker
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 26 noi 2008
A detailed study of the interaction between drama and politics in the reign of Henry VIII. The subject is addressed both in general terms and through a series of case-studies of individual early Tudor plays. Through its innovative use of dramatic texts as historical source material, the book provides illuminating insights into the political and cultural history of the Henrician period, and into the perceived character of the King himself. It focuses on the troubled religious and political history of the reign, the culture of the Court, and the personality and governmental style of its head. In doing so the book argues for a reassessment of the reign, which places the King once more at the centre of affairs, and acknowledges the determining effect which this egotistical, charismatic but, above all, pragmatic monarch exercised on the artistic culture, as much as on the politics, of the Court. The book also demonstrates the close and specific links between the drama and the politics of the reign, through a detailed study of a number of key works, links which have hitherto been viewed only as general or peripheral.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780521090728
ISBN-10: 0521090725
Pagini: 260
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

1. Political drama in the reign of Henry VIII: an interpretation; 2. Improving literature? The interlude of Hick Scorner; 3. A domestic drama: John Skelton's Magnyfycence and the royal household; 4. Conservative drama I: Godly Queene Hester; 5. Conservative drama II: John Heywood's Play of the Weather; 6. Radical drama? John Bale's King Johan; 7. Court drama and politics: further questions and some conclusions.

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A detailed study of the interaction between drama and politics in the reign of Henry VIII.