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Plays of Persuasion - Drama and Politics at the Court of Henry VIII (Paperback)
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Plays of Persuasion - Drama and Politics at the Court of Henry VIII (Paperback)
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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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