In the middle years of the 16th century, English drama witnessed the emergence of the 'tyrant by entrie' or the usurper, who supplanted earlier 'tyrant by the administration' as the main antihero of political drama. This usurper or, in Machiavellian terms principe nuove, was the...

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Main Author:	Majumder, Doyeeta ca. 20./21. Jh (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Liverpool Liverpool University Press 2019 [Leicester] The English Association 2019
Series:	English Association studies 5
Subjects:	Geschichte 1500-1600 Drama Englisch Tyrann > Motiv Usurpator English drama / Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 / History and criticism Kings and rulers in literature Despotism in literature Dictatorship in literature Dictators in literature English drama / Early modern and Elizabethan 1500-1600 Criticism, interpretation, etc
Summary:	In the middle years of the 16th century, English drama witnessed the emergence of the 'tyrant by entrie' or the usurper, who supplanted earlier 'tyrant by the administration' as the main antihero of political drama. This usurper or, in Machiavellian terms principe nuove, was the prince without dynastic claims who creates his sovereignty by dint of his own 'virtue' and through an act of 'lawmaking' violence. Early Tudor morality plays were exclusively concerned with the legitimate monarch who becomes a tyrant; in the political drama of the first half of the 16th century, we do not encounter a single instance of usurpation among the texts that are still available to us. Devoted exclusively to the study of usurpation and tyranny in 16th-century drama and politics, this book will challenge existing disciplinary boundaries in order to engage with these critical questions
Physical Description:	vii, 225 Seiten 24 cm
ISBN:	9781786941688 1786941686