Politics and political culture in the court masque [electronic resource] / James Knowles.
Politics and Political Culture in the Court Masque considers the interconnections of the masque and political culture. It examines how masques responded to political forces and voices beyond the court, and how masques explored the limits of political speech in the Jacobean and Caroline periods.
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| Language: | English |
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Basingstoke :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2015.
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| Series: | Early modern literature in history.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Note on Frequently Cited Texts; 1 Introduction: 'Friends of All Ranks'? Reading the Masque in Political Culture; 2 'Vizarded impudence': Challenging the regnum Cecilianum; 3 'Crack Kisses Not Staves': Sexual Politics and Court Masques in 1613-14; 4 'No News': News from the New World and Textual Culture in the 1620s; 5 'Hoarse with Praising': The Gypsies Metamorphosed and the Politics of Masquing; 6 ''Tis for kings, / Not for their subjects, to have such rare things': The Triumph of Peace and Civil Culture; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index.