266 Pages
by
Routledge
266 Pages
by
Routledge
266 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 2005. While several recent studies have investigated the political dimensions of sixteenth-century English drama, until now there has not been a monograph that tells the story of how and why royal marital selection was examined. By linking court interludes, neoclassical university tragedies, and popular plays by late Elizabethan dramatists Christopher Marlowe, John Lyly,... Read more
Preface; Introduction: A little scene to monarchize; The pageantry of establishment; The king's great matter; or, Super utroque regis coniugio; Respublica: England's troubles about Mary; Scotland and Lady Sensuality; Vivat Regina!; Queen's games; Majesty disrobed in the late Elizabethan theatre; Conclusion.
Biography
Michael A. Winkelman
