Title Language and politics in the sixteenth-century history play / Dermot Cavanagh

Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (x, 197 pages) Series Early modern literature in history Early modern literature in history (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm)) Contents Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and Conventions -- Introduction -- The Paradox of Sedition in John Bale's King Johan -- The Language of Counsel in Gorboduc -- Language, Temperance, and the Nation in Robert Greene's The Scottish History of James IV -- Misreading History: Rumour in King John -- The Language of Treason in Richard II -- Henry V and the Reformation of the Word -- Bibliography -- Index Summary Language and Politics in the Sixteenth-Century History Play presents a new reading of the form and politics of historical drama from John Bale to William Shakespeare. It argues that the genre was theatrically diverse and ideologically various and that it contributed to a debate concerning the implications of disorderly language. The book examines how history plays dramatise and use unruly speech for the purpose of political enquiry: this includes their representation of rumour, sedition, treacherous words, and corrupt counsel. It emphasizes the radical possibilities of the form and content of historical drama by focusing on a range of plays: Bale's King Johan, Norton and Sackville's Gorboduc, Robert Greene's James IV and Shakespeare's King John, Richard II, and Henry V. Shakespeare is shown both to draw upon and to extend the critical potential of the history play so popular among his contemporaries Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century Literature and history -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century English language -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Style Historical drama, English -- History and criticism Political plays, English -- History and criticism DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan English language -- Early modern -- Style Historical drama, English Literature and history Political plays, English Politics and literature Great Britain Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 1403901325 9781403901323 0230005837 9780230005839 1280282711 9781280282713

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