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Plays of persuasion : drama and politics at the court of Henry VIII / Greg Walker.

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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 provide...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Author: Walker, Greg, 1959-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1991.
Subjects:
Henry > VIII, > King of England, > 1491-1547 > Relations with courts and courtiers.
Henry > VIII, > King of England, > 1491-1547 > In literature.
Henry > VIII, > King of England, > 1491-1547 > Art patronage.
Henry > VIII, > King of England, > 1491-1547.
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism.
Politics and literature > Great Britain > History > 16th century.
Great Britain > Court and courtiers > History > 16th century.
Authors and patrons > England > History > 16th century.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1509-1547.
Political plays, English > History and criticism.
Persuasion (Rhetoric) > History > 16th century.
Literary patrons > Great Britain.
Kings and rulers in literature.
Art patronage.
Authors and patrons.
Courts and courtiers.
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan.
Literary patrons.
Literature.
Persuasion (Rhetoric)
Political plays, English.
Politics and government
Politics and literature.
Relations with courts and courtiers.
England.
Great Britain.
1500-1600
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 244 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780511897382
0511897383
0521090725
9780521090728
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511897382
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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