1st Edition

Dissent and Authority in Early Modern Ireland The English Problem from Bale to Shakespeare

By Jane Wong Copyright 2019
228 Pages
by Routledge

228 Pages
by Routledge

228 Pages
by Routledge

Dissent and Authority in Early Modern Ireland: The English Problem from Bale to Shakespeare examines the problems that beset the Tudor administration of Ireland through a range of selected 16 th century English narratives. This book is primarily concerned with the period between 1541 and 1603. This bracket provides a framework that charts early modern Irish history from the constitutional change... Read more
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Biography

Dr. Jane Yeang Chui Wong is Assistant Professor of English at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She received her Ph.D. from University of Alberta, Canada. Her primary research area is in early modern literature and historiography. More specifically, she’s interested in the representations of Ireland in the early modern period and colonial administration between 1570s and 1603. Her recent publications can be found in Theatre Research International, Sexuality and Culture, Critical Survey, and The Oxford Handbook of the Age of Shakespeare.