The Tower of London in English Renaissance Drama : Icon of Opposition Paperback / softback
by Kristen (Marywood University, USA) Deiter
Part of the Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory series
Paperback / softback
Description
The Tower of London in English Renaissance Drama historicizes the Tower of London's evolving meanings in English culture alongside its representations in twenty-four English history plays, 1579-c.1634, by William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe and others.
While Elizabeth I, James I, and Charles I fashioned the Tower as a showplace of royal authority, magnificence, and entertainment, many playwrights of the time revealed the Tower's instability as a royal symbol and represented it, instead, as an emblem of opposition to the crown and as a bodily and spiritual icon of non-royal English identity.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:14 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:09/06/2014
- Category:
- ISBN:9780415762540
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:14 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:09/06/2014
- Category:
- ISBN:9780415762540
