Staging Power in Tudor and Stuart English History Plays
Title | Staging Power in Tudor and Stuart English History Plays PDF eBook |
Author | Kristin M.S. Bezio |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 303 |
Release | 2016-03-09 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1317050762 |
Staging Power in Tudor and Stuart English History Plays examines the changing ideological conceptions of sovereignty and their on-stage representations in the public theaters during the Elizabethan and early Stuart periods (1580-1642). The study examines the way in which the early modern stage presented a critical dialogue concerning the nature of sovereignty through the lens of specifically English history, focusing in particular on the presentation and representation of monarchy. It presents the subgenre of the English history play as a specific reaction to the surrounding political context capable of engaging with and influencing popular and elite conceptions of monarchy and government. This project is the first of its kind to specifically situate the early modern debate on sovereignty within a 'popular culture' dramatic context; its purpose is not only to provide an historical timeline of English political theory pertaining to monarchy, but to situate the drama as a significant influence on the production and dissemination thereof during the Tudor and Stuart periods. Some of the plays considered here, notably those by Shakespeare and Marlowe, have been extensively and thoroughly studied. But others-such as Edmund Ironside, Sir Thomas Wyatt, and King John and Matilda-have not previously been the focus of much critical attention.
Staging Power in Tudor and Stuart English History Plays
Title | Staging Power in Tudor and Stuart English History Plays PDF eBook |
Author | Dr Kristin M. S. Bezio |
Publisher | Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
Pages | 241 |
Release | 2015-11-28 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 147246513X |
Staging Power in Tudor and Stuart English History Plays examines the changing ideological conceptions of sovereignty and their on-stage representations in the public theaters during the Elizabethan and early Stuart periods (1580–1642). The study examines the way in which the early modern stage presented a critical dialogue concerning the nature of sovereignty through the lens of specifically English history, focusing in particular on the presentation and representation of monarchy. It presents the subgenre of the English history play as a specific reaction to the surrounding political context capable of engaging with and influencing popular and elite conceptions of monarchy and government. This project is the first of its kind to specifically situate the early modern debate on sovereignty within a 'popular culture' dramatic context; its purpose is not only to provide an historical timeline of English political theory pertaining to monarchy, but to situate the drama as a significant influence on the production and dissemination thereof during the Tudor and Stuart periods. Some of the plays considered here, notably those by Shakespeare and Marlowe, have been extensively and thoroughly studied. But others-such as Edmund Ironside, Sir Thomas Wyatt, and King John and Matilda-have not previously been the focus of much critical attention.
Staging Power in Tudor and Stuart English History Plays
Title | Staging Power in Tudor and Stuart English History Plays PDF eBook |
Author | Kristin M.S. Bezio |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 239 |
Release | 2016-03-09 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1317050770 |
Staging Power in Tudor and Stuart English History Plays examines the changing ideological conceptions of sovereignty and their on-stage representations in the public theaters during the Elizabethan and early Stuart periods (1580-1642). The study examines the way in which the early modern stage presented a critical dialogue concerning the nature of sovereignty through the lens of specifically English history, focusing in particular on the presentation and representation of monarchy. It presents the subgenre of the English history play as a specific reaction to the surrounding political context capable of engaging with and influencing popular and elite conceptions of monarchy and government. This project is the first of its kind to specifically situate the early modern debate on sovereignty within a 'popular culture' dramatic context; its purpose is not only to provide an historical timeline of English political theory pertaining to monarchy, but to situate the drama as a significant influence on the production and dissemination thereof during the Tudor and Stuart periods. Some of the plays considered here, notably those by Shakespeare and Marlowe, have been extensively and thoroughly studied. But others-such as Edmund Ironside, Sir Thomas Wyatt, and King John and Matilda-have not previously been the focus of much critical attention.
Thomas Middleton and the Plural Politics of Jacobean Drama
Title | Thomas Middleton and the Plural Politics of Jacobean Drama PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Kaethler |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Pages | 236 |
Release | 2021-05-10 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1501513761 |
Thomas Middleton and the Plural Politics of Jacobean Drama represents the first sustained study of Middleton’s dramatic works as responses to James I’s governance. Through examining Middleton’s poiesis in relation to the political theology of Jacobean London, Kaethler explores early forms of free speech, namely parrhēsia, and rhetorical devices, such as irony and allegory, to elucidate the ways in which Middleton’s plural art exposes the limitations of the monarch’s sovereign image. By drawing upon earlier forms of dramatic intervention, James’s writings, and popular literature that blossomed during the Jacobean period, including news pamphlets, the book surveys a selection of Middleton’s writings, ranging from his first extant play The Phoenix (1604) to his scandalous finale A Game at Chess (1624). In the course of this investigation, the author identifies that although Middleton’s drama spurs political awareness and questions authority, it nevertheless simultaneously promotes alternative structures of power, which manifest as misogyny and white supremacy.
From Tudor to Stuart
Title | From Tudor to Stuart PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Doran |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 646 |
Release | 2024-05-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0198754647 |
The story of the troubled accession of England's first Scottish king and the transition from the age of the Tudors to the age of the Stuarts at the dawn of the seventeenth century.
Publishing the History Play in the Time of Shakespeare
Title | Publishing the History Play in the Time of Shakespeare PDF eBook |
Author | Amy Lidster |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 301 |
Release | 2022-03-17 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 131651725X |
Showing how overlooked publication agents constructed and read early modern history plays, this book fundamentally re-evaluates the genre.
Performances at Court in the Age of Shakespeare
Title | Performances at Court in the Age of Shakespeare PDF eBook |
Author | Sophie Chiari |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 295 |
Release | 2019-10-24 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 1108486673 |
A fascinating insight into court entertainment - encompassing dance, music and performance - in the age of Shakespeare.