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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Liverpool :
Liverpool University Press,
2019.
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| Colección: | English Association monographs ;
5 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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