Drama And Politics In The English Civil War
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Drama And Politics In The English Civil War
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Author : Susan Wiseman
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1998-04-09
Drama And Politics In The English Civil War written by Susan Wiseman and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-04-09 with Literary Criticism categories.
In 1642 an ordinance closed the theatres of England. Critics and historians have assumed that the edict was to be firm and inviolate. Susan Wiseman challenges this assumption and argues that the period 1640 to 1660 was not a gap in the production and performance of drama nor a blank space between 'Renaissance drama' and the 'Restoration stage'. Rather, throughout the period, writers focused instead on a range of dramas with political perspectives, from republican to royalist. This group included the short pamphlet dramas of the 1640s and the texts produced by the writers of the 1650s, such as William Davenant, Margaret Cavendish and James Shirley. In analysing the diverse forms of dramatic production of the 1640s and 1650s, Wiseman reveals the political and generic diversity produced by the changes in dramatic production, and offers insights into the theatre of the Civil War.
The English Revolution And The Wars In The Three Kingdoms 1638 1652
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Author : I.J. Gentles
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-06-06
The English Revolution And The Wars In The Three Kingdoms 1638 1652 written by I.J. Gentles and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-06 with History categories.
Ian Gentles provides a riveting, in-depth analysis of the battles and sieges, as well as the political and religious struggles that underpinned them. Based on extensive archival and secondary research he undertakes the first sustained attempt to arrive at global estimates of the human and economic cost of the wars. The many actors in the drama are appraised with subtlety. Charles I, while partly the author of his own misfortune, is shown to have been at moments an inspirational leader. The English Revolution and the Wars in the Three Kingdoms is a sophisticated, comprehensive, exciting account of the sixteen years that were the hinge of British and Irish history. It encompasses politics and war, personalities and ideas, embedding them all in a coherent and absorbing narrative.
Literature And The English Civil War
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Author : Thomas Healy
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1990-05-25
Literature And The English Civil War written by Thomas Healy and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-05-25 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book charts the relationship between literary texts and their historical context from 1640-1660. Essays in the volume focus on issues of ideology and genre; the politics of the masque; lyric and devotional poetry; women's writings; attitudes towards Ireland; colonialism; madness and division; and individual writers such as Hobbes, Marvell and Milton.
Theatre And Government Under The Early Stuarts
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Author : J. R. Mulryne
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1993-07-08
Theatre And Government Under The Early Stuarts written by J. R. Mulryne and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-07-08 with Drama categories.
This collection of commissioned essays by established scholars, responds to critical debate on political theatre of the turbulent early years of the seventeenth century. Theatre is widely interpreted. The authors discuss censorship, the social implications of pageantry, Reformation ideals, popular theatre and the politics of the masque throughout the period. An early chapter discusses political theatre in the light of work by revisionist and post-revisionist historians. The drama of Jonson, Dekker, Middleton, Massinger, Chapman, Heywood and Rowley is given detailed attention, while Shakespeare's plays are considered in the introductory chapter.
The English Civil Wars
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Author : Blair Worden
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2009-11-19
The English Civil Wars written by Blair Worden and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-19 with History categories.
A brilliant appraisal of the Civil War and its long-term consequences, by an acclaimed historian. The political upheaval of the mid-seventeenth century has no parallel in English history. Other events have changed the occupancy and the powers of the throne, but the conflict of 1640-60 was more dramatic: the monarchy and the House of Lords were abolished, to be replaced by a republic and military rule. In this wonderfully readable account, Blair Worden explores the events of this period and their origins - the war between King and Parliament, the execution of Charles I, Cromwell's rule and the Restoration - while aiming to reveal something more elusive: the motivations of contemporaries on both sides and the concerns of later generations.
The English Civil War
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Author : Maurice Ashley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
The English Civil War written by Maurice Ashley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with History categories.
One of the most dramatic periods in English history was that of the civil wars fought throughout the 17th century. It split the population down the middle. The origins of the war and the course of the campaigns are here described accompanied by paintings, engravings and broadsheets.
The English Civil War And After 1642 1658
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Author : Robert Ashton
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1970-07
The English Civil War And After 1642 1658 written by Robert Ashton and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970-07 with History categories.
All but one of the essays were originally delivered as lectures at Eton College. Includes bibliographies.
Britain In Revolution
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Author : Austin Woolrych
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2002-11-14
Britain In Revolution written by Austin Woolrych and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-11-14 with History categories.
This is the definitive history of the English Civil War, set in its full historical context from the accession of Charles I to the Restoration of Charles II. These were the most turbulent years of British history and their reverberations have been felt down the centuries. Throughout the middle decades of the seventeenth century England, Scotland, and Ireland were convulsed by political upheaval and wracked by rebellion and civil war. The Stuart monarchy was in abeyance for twenty years in all three kingdoms, and Charles I famously met his death on the scaffold. Austin Woolrych breathes life back into the story of these years, the sweep of his prose buttressed by the authority of a lifetime's scholarship. He captures the drama and the passion, the momentum of events and the force of contingency. He brilliantly interweaves the history of the three kingdoms and their peoples, gripping the reader with the fast-paced yet always balanced story.
The English Civil Wars In The Literary Imagination
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Author : Claude J. Summers
language : en
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Release Date : 1999
The English Civil Wars In The Literary Imagination written by Claude J. Summers and has been published by University of Missouri Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Literary Criticism categories.
Before The English Civil War
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Author : Howard Tomlinson
language : en
Publisher: Palgrave
Release Date : 1983
Before The English Civil War written by Howard Tomlinson and has been published by Palgrave this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with History categories.