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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Majumder, Doyeeta (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2019.
Series:English Association monographs ; 5
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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