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Illegitimacy and the National Family in Early Modern England (Paperback)
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Illegitimacy and the National Family in Early Modern England (Paperback)
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This study considers the figure of the bastard in the context of
analogies of the family and the state in early modern England. The
trope of illegitimacy, more than being simply a narrative or
character-driven issue, is a vital component in the evolving
construction and representation of British national identity in
prose and drama of the sixteenth and early seventeenth century.
Through close reading of a range of plays and prose texts, the book
offers readers new insight into the semiotics of bastardy and
concepts of national identity in early modern England, and reflects
on contemporary issues of citizenship and identity. The author
examines play texts of the period including Bale's King Johan,
Peele's The Troublesome Reign of John, and Shakespeare's King John,
Richard II, and King Lear in the context of a selection of legal,
religious, and polemical texts. In so doing, she illuminates the
extent to which the figure of the bastard and, more generally the
trope of illegitimacy, existed as a distinct discourse within the
wider discursive framework of family and nation.
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