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Language and Politics in the Sixteenth-Century History Play

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Authors:
  1. Dermot Cavanagh

    1. University of Northumbria, UK

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Part of the book series: Early Modern Literature in History (EMLH)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Dermot Cavanagh
    Pages 1-15

  3. The Paradox of Sedition in John Bale’s King Johan

    • Dermot Cavanagh
    Pages 16-35

  4. The Language of Counsel in Gorboduc

    • Dermot Cavanagh
    Pages 36-57

  5. Language, Temperance and the Nation in Robert Greene’s The Scottish History of James the Fourth

    • Dermot Cavanagh
    Pages 58-79

  6. Misreading History: Rumour in King John

    • Dermot Cavanagh
    Pages 80-102

  7. The Language of Treason in Richard II

    • Dermot Cavanagh
    Pages 103-126

  8. Henry V and the Reformation of the Word

    • Dermot Cavanagh
    Pages 127-151

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 152-197
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Language and Politics in the Sixteenth-Century History Play 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 analyzing 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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  • University of Northumbria, UK

    Dermot Cavanagh

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DERMOT CAVANAGH is Lecturer in English at the University of Northumbria.

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