Marriage Relationships in Tudor Political DramaUntil now there has not been a monograph that examines marriage in Tudor political drama. In linking court interludes and popular plays by Marlowe, Lyly, Kyd, and Shakespeare to this inflammatory topic, Michael Winkelman argues that these plays produced substantial debate about the monarchy. Royal marriage affected the entire social order, and in an age without freedom of speech, court drama was often the best way to counsel the ruler about it. Winkelman interrogates the symbolic and mimetic ways that marriage was depicted: as both political metaphor and realpolitik quandary, matrimony remained contentious. The soap-opera story of Tudor nuptials thus provides the author with a reference point for an interdisciplinary study of theatre and politics. Drawing on historical records plus recent work in gender studies, audience-response theory, and anthropology, this book explores how in an age of flux, playwrights discussed controversies and propounded remedies; theatre played a pivotal role in shaping society. |
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... realm , Her Majesty defended what she called her " second marriage , " the one to Philip . For , John Proctor reports in The history of wyates rebellion ( 1554 ) , it : should greatly advance this realm ( whereunto she was first married ) ...
... realm , Her Majesty defended what she called her " second marriage , " the one to Philip . For , John Proctor reports in The history of wyates rebellion ( 1554 ) , it : should greatly advance this realm ( whereunto she was first married ) ...
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... realm . The one slew the other , and the mother slew the mankiller . It was thus used : first wild men came in and would have broken a whole faggot , but could not , the sticks they broke being severed . Then came in a king to whom was ...
... realm . The one slew the other , and the mother slew the mankiller . It was thus used : first wild men came in and would have broken a whole faggot , but could not , the sticks they broke being severed . Then came in a king to whom was ...
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... realm " and " ruining the realm ” go hand in hand . Certainly , Gaveston's faults are legion . First , he aims to " draw the pliant King which way I please❞ — to manipulate him for his own personal benefit ( 1.1.53 ) . Second , in a ...
... realm " and " ruining the realm ” go hand in hand . Certainly , Gaveston's faults are legion . First , he aims to " draw the pliant King which way I please❞ — to manipulate him for his own personal benefit ( 1.1.53 ) . Second , in a ...
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The Pageantry of Establishment | 17 |
The Kings Great Matter or Super utroque regis coniugio 355 | 35 |
Englands Troubles about Mary | 67 |
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