Slander constitutes a central social, legal and literary concern of
early modern England. A category of discourse which transgresses
the law, it offers a more historically grounded and fluid account
of power relations between poets and the state than that offered by
the commonly accepted model of official censorship. An
investigation of slander reveals it to be an effective, unstable
and reversible means of repudiating one's opposition that could be
deployed by rulers or poets. Spenser, Jonson and Shakespeare each
use the paradigm of slander to challenge official criticism of
poetry, while contemporary legal theory associates slander with
poetry. However, even as rulers themselves make use of slander in
the form of propaganda to demonize those they perceive to be their
foes, ultimately they are unable to contain completely the threat
posed by slanderous accusations against the state.
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