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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Main Author: Majumder, Doyeeta ca. 20./21. Jh (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Liverpool University Press 2019
Series:English Association Monographs LUP Ser
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Online Access:DE-188
Summary: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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Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (x, 230 Seiten)
ISBN:9781786949622

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