Movement Towards Subversion The English History Play from Skelton to Shakespeare

Name: Movement Towards Subversion The English History Play from Skelton to Shakespeare
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ISBN: 9780761804499

ISBN-10: 0761804498

ISBN-13: 9780761804499

Edition: 1996

Authors: Eric Sterling

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The Movement Towards Subversion explores the theme of power in the Renaissance English history play. It analyzes the growing subversion of the sociopolitical hierarchy in Renaissance drama from Skelton's Magnificence to Shakespeare's King Lear. Unlike most scholarship, this book studies the lesser-known, often neglected dramas plus some familiar 'canonical' works. These plays tell us a lot about political and religious attitudes in sixteenth-century England. Instead of discussing the plays in regard to their relationships with and influences upon Shakespearean drama, the author analyzes the plays on their own terms. This book also shows how dramatists employ medieval history in their plays…

Book details

List price: $61.99
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: University Press of America, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/15/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 250
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Shift of Allegiance from Pope to King: Bale's King Johan as Political Propaganda



The (Il)legitimacy of John: Ambivalence Towards King John in The Troublesome Raigne



Shakespeare's King John and the Dangers of Commodity



The Mutability of Power: Skelton's Magnificence and the Earthliness of Kingship



Woodstock and the (Ab)use of History



Flattery as Scapegoat in Edward II



The Battle Between Words and Swords: The Breaking of Ideological Barriers in Shakespeare's Richard the Second



The Mirror for Monarchs



The Anonymous King Leir: A Gallimaufry of Genres



"As flies to wanton boys are to th' gods....": King Lear and Shakespeare's Denial of Providential History


Conclusion


Bibliography


Index