Printed drama and political instability in mid-seventeenth century Britain : the literary politics of resistance and distraction in plays and entertainments from 1649-1658 /: the literary politics of resistance and distraction in plays and entertainments from 1649-1658. (2023)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Printed drama and political instability in mid-seventeenth century Britain : the literary politics of resistance and distraction in plays and entertainments from 1649-1658 /: the literary politics of resistance and distraction in plays and entertainments from 1649-1658. (2023)
- Main Title:
- Printed drama and political instability in mid-seventeenth century Britain : the literary politics of resistance and distraction in plays and entertainments from 1649-1658
- Further Information:
- Note: Christopher Orchard.
- Authors:
- (College teacher), Orchard, Christopher
- Contents:
- Acknowledgements; Introduction: the politics of printed drama in 1650s Britain; Chapter 1: The ambivalent political messaging of Royalist drama, 1649-1650; Chapter 2: Poetics as political policy: the republic’s early response to Royalist drama, 1649-1651; Chapter 3: “a floating unbalanced people”: drama and the instability of the republican state, 1651-1653; Chapter 4: They “always speak things as they would have them”: the failures of aspirational Royalist drama, 1651-3; Chapter 5: Royalist drama and the legitimacy of authority in the mid-1650s; Chapter 6: Republics and ethics: the moral probity of Protectoral entertainments, 1653-58; Conclusion: the hijacking of republican poetics; Index
- Edition:
- 1st
- Publisher Details:
- London : Routledge
- Publication Date:
- 2023
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (296 pages), illustrations (black and white)
- Subjects:
- 822.409
English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism
Politics in literature
Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century
Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781000895087
9781000895056 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781032436678
- Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.793752
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