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Language and Politics in the Sixteenth-Century History Play

Part of the Early Modern Literature in History series
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This volume examines a key preoccupation of historical drama in the period 1538 1600 - the threat presented by uncivil language. "Unlicensed" speech informs the presentation of political debate in Tudor history plays and it is also the subject of their most daring political speculations.

By analysing plays by John Bale, Thomas Norton, Thomas Sackville, and Robert Greene, as well as Shakespeare, this study also argues for a more inclusive approach to the genre.

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Palgrave Macmillan
1403901325 / 9781403901323
Hardback
12/12/2003
United States
English
232 p.
22 cm
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