Plays of persuasion : drama and politics at the court of Henry VIII

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Plays of persuasion : drama and politics at the court of Henry VIII

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drama and politics at the court of Henry VIII

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Greg Walker

Creator

• Walker, Greg, 1959-

Subject

• English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism
• Great Britain -- Court and courtiers | History -- 16th century
• Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1509-1547
• Henry, VIII, King of England, 1491-1547 -- Art patronage
• Henry, VIII, King of England, 1491-1547 -- In literature
• Authors and patrons -- England -- History -- 16th century
• Kings and rulers in literature
• Literary patrons -- Great Britain
• Persuasion (Rhetoric) -- History -- 16th century
• Political plays, English -- History and criticism
• Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century
• Henry, VIII, King of England, 1491-1547 -- Relations with courts and courtiers

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eng

Summary

A detailed study of the interaction between drama and politics in the reign of Henry VIII. The subject is addressed both in general terms and through a series of case-studies of individual early Tudor plays. Through its innovative use of dramatic texts as historical source material, the book provides illuminating insights into the political and cultural history of the Henrician period, and into the perceived character of the King himself. It focuses on the troubled religious and political history of the reign, the culture of the Court, and the personality and governmental style of its head. In doing so the book argues for a reassessment of the reign, which places the King once more at the centre of affairs, and acknowledges the determining effect which this egotistical, charismatic but, above all, pragmatic monarch exercised on the artistic culture, as much as on the politics, of the Court. The book also demonstrates the close and specific links between the drama and the politics of the reign, through a detailed study of a number of key works, links which have hitherto been viewed only as general or peripheral.--

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non fiction

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Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks