Literature, satire, and the early Stuart state

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Literature, satire, and the early Stuart state

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Andrew McRae

Title variation

Literature, Satire & the Early Stuart State

Creator

• McRae, Andrew

Subject

• English prose literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
• Great Britain -- History -- Early Stuarts, 1603-1649 -- Historiography
• Literature and state -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century
• Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century
• Satire, English -- History and criticism

Language

eng

Summary

Andrew McRae examines the relation between literature and politics at a pivotal moment in English history. He argues that the most influential and incisive political satire in this period may be found in manuscript libels, scurrilous pamphlets and a range of other material written and circulated under the threat of censorship. These are the unauthorised texts of early Stuart England. From his analysis of these texts, McRae argues that satire, as the pre-eminent literary mode of discrimination and stigmatisation, helped people make sense of the confusing political conditions of the early Stuart era. It did so partly through personal attacks and partly also through sophisticated interventions into ongoing political and ideological debates. In such forms satire provided resources through which contemporary writers could define new models of political identity and construct new discourses of dissent. This book wil be of interest to political and literary historians alike. --

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index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

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Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks