Literature, satire, and the early Stuart state /

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McRae examines the relation between literature and politics at a pivotal moment in English history. Looking at documents beyond literature, he argues that the most influential and incisive political satire in this period is found in manuscript libels, scurrilous pamphlets, and a range of other mater...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McRae, Andrew
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
1500-1700
Satire, English > History and criticism.
English prose literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Politics and literature > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Literature and state > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Politique et littérature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Littérature > Politique gouvernementale > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siècle.
HUMOR > General.
English prose literature > Early modern
Historiography
Literature and state
Politics and literature
Satire, English
Great Britain > History > Early Stuarts, 1603-1649 > Historiography.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1603-1649 (Premiers Stuarts) > Historiographie.
Great Britain
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. Personal Politics
  • 1. The culture of early Stuart libelling
  • 2. Contesting identities: libels and the early Stuart politician
  • pt. II. Public Politics
  • 3. Freeing the tongue and the heart: satire and the political subject
  • 4. Discourses of discrimination: political satire in the 1620s
  • pt. III. The Politics of Division
  • 5. Satire and sycophancy: Richard Corbett and early Stuart royalism
  • 6. Stigmatizing Prynne: puritanism and politics in the 1630s
  • Epilogue: early Stuart satire and the Civil War.

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