Tyranny and usurpation: the new prince and lawmaking violence in early modern drama

This book investigates the political, legal, historical circumstances under which the 'tyrant' of early Tudor drama becomes conflated with the 'usurper-tyrant' of the commercial theatres of London, and how the usurpation plot emerges as one of the central preoccupations of early...

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1. Verfasser: Majumder, Doyeeta (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Liverpool University Press 2019
Schriftenreihe:English Association Monographs LUP Ser
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Zusammenfassung:This book investigates the political, legal, historical circumstances under which the 'tyrant' of early Tudor drama becomes conflated with the 'usurper-tyrant' of the commercial theatres of London, and how the usurpation plot emerges as one of the central preoccupations of early modern drama
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Note on spellings -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The kingly vice: the tyrant in early Tudor drama -- 2. Sovereignty, counsel, and consent in Scotland: Ane Satyre of the Thrie Estaitis -- 3. Artful construction of the political realm: Buchanan and the legitimacy of resistance -- 4. Gorboduc: absolutist decision and the two bodies of the king -- 5. Tyranny added to usurpation: Richardus Tertius, The True Tragedy, and Richard III -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index
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Beschreibung:1 online resource (x, 230 Seiten)
ISBN:9781786949622

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