Literature and Politics in the 1620s: 'Whisper'd Counsells'

by P. Salzman

Overview

Literature and Politics in the 1620s argues that literature during this decade was inextricably linked to politics, whether oppositional or authoritarian. A wide range of texts are analyzed, from Shakespeare's First Folio to Middleton's A Game At Chess, from romances and poetry to sermons, tracts and newsbooks.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137305978
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	08/20/2014
Edition description:	2014
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

Paul Salzman is a Professor of English Literature at La Trobe University, Australia. He has published widely in the area of early modern literature especially work on fiction, women writers, and literary history.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: IMAGININGS 1. Drama 2. Poetry 3. Narrative PART II: RELIGION 4. Sermons 5. Pamphlets/Doctrine PART III: NEWS 6. Newsbooks/papers and Pamphlets 7. Public/private Conclusion: Reading/Interpreting Bibliography Index

Editorial Reviews

"...the book succeeds in its goal of 'offer[ing] a clear sense of what the decade's overall literary production was like' (p. 8) and demonstrates the richness and variety of that production. It provides a useful introduction to this fascinating decade and engaging overview of many of its key and less familiar texts." Review of English Studies

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