Title Treason by words : literature, law, and rebellion in Shakespeare's England / Rebecca Lemon

Published Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 234 pages) Contents Sovereignty, treason law, and the political imagination in early modern England -- The treason of Hayward's Henry IV -- Shakespeare's anatomy of resistance in Richard II -- Scaffolds of treason in Shakespeare's Macbeth -- Donne's Pseudo-martyr and post Gunpowder Plot law -- Treason and emergency power in Jonson's Catiline Summary "Under the Tudor monarchy, English law expanded to include the category of "treason by words." Rebecca Lemon investigates this remarkable phrase both as a legal charge and as a cultural event. English citizens, she shows, expressed competing notions of treason in opposition to the growing absolutism of the monarchy. Lemon explores the complex participation of texts by John Donne, Ben Jonson, and William Shakespeare in the legal and political controversies marking the Earl of Essex's 1601 rebellion and the 1605 Gunpowder Plot." "Lemon suggests that the articulation of diverse ideas about treason within literary and polemical texts produced increasingly fractured conceptions of the crime of treason itself."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-222) and index Notes English Print version record SUBJECT Shakespeare, William. swd Donne, John. swd Jonson, Ben. swd Subject English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism Treason in literature. Literature and state -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century Literature and state -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century Gunpowder Plot, 1605. DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. English drama English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan Literature and state Treason in literature Drama Englisch Hochverrat Rebellion Motiv Verrat Motiv Théâtre anglais -- 16e siècle -- Histoire et critique. Théâtre anglais -- 17e siècle -- Histoire et critique. Littérature et État -- Grande-Bretagne -- 16e siècle. Littérature et État -- Grande-Bretagne -- 17e siècle. Trahison -- Dans la littérature. Conspiration des poudres (1605) SUBJECT Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056783 Subject Great Britain Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book LC no. 2005032277 ISBN 9780801462269 0801462266 0801444284 9780801444289

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