Language and Politics in the Sixteenth-Century History Play (Early Modern Literature in History)
Description
Language and Politics in the Sixteenth-Century History Play examines a key preoccupation of historical drama in the period 1538-1600: the threat presented by uncivil language. 'Unlicensed' speech informs the presentation of political debate in Tudor history plays and it is also the subject of their most daring political speculations. By analyzing plays by John Bale, Thomas Norton, Thomas Sackville, and Robert Greene, as well as Shakespeare, this study also argues for a more inclusive approach to the genre.
Keywords
ENGLISH DRAMA_HISTORY AND CRITICISM_EARLY MODERN AND ELIZABETHAN, 1500-1600POLITICS AND LITERATURELITERATURE AND HISTORYENGLISH LANGUAGE_STYLEENGLISH LANGUAGE_EARLY MODERN, 1500-1700HISTORICAL DRAMA_HISTORY AND CRITICISMPOLITICAL PLAYS_HISTORY AND CRITICISM
2003Book
Author(s)Dermot Cavanagh
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9781403901323
LanguageEnglish
