Writing under tyranny : English literature and the Henrician Reformation / Greg Walker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walker, Greg, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

English literature.

Politics and literature--England--History--16th century.

Politics and literature.

Religion and literature--England--History--16th century.

Religion and literature.

Literature and state--England--History--16th century.

Literature and state.

Authors, English--Early modern, 1500-1700--Political and social views.

Authors, English.

Protest literature, English--History and criticism.

Protest literature, English.

Reformation--England.

Reformation.

Reformation in literature.

England--Intellectual life--16th century.

England.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1509-1547.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (569 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Writing Under Tyranny: English Literature and the Henrician Reformation spans the boundaries between literary studies and history. It looks at the impact of tyrannical government on the work of poets, playwrights, and prose writers of the early English Renaissance. It shows the profound effects that political oppression had on the literary production of the years from 1528 to 1547, and how English writers in turn strove to mitigate, redirect, and finally resist thatoppression. The result was the destruction of a number of forms that had dominated the literary production of late-medieval Englan

Contents:

Contents; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Long Divorce of Steel; I: POETRY AND THE CULTURE OF COUNSEL: THE 1532 WORKES OF GEFFRAY CHAUCER NEWLY PRINTED AND JOHN HEYWOOD'S PLAY OF THE WEATHER; 2. A Gift for King Henry VIII; 3. The Signs of the World; 4. Reading Chaucer in 1532; 5. Thynne and Tuke's Apocrypha; 6. Mocking the Thunder; II: 'TO VIRTUE PERSUADED'?: THE PERSISTENT COUNSELS OF SIR THOMAS ELYOT; 7. Sir Thomas Elyot and the King's Great Matter; 8. The Book Named the Governor; 9. Tyranny and the Conscience of Man; 10. From Supremacy to Tyranny, 1533-40

11. The Apotheosis of Sir Thomas ElyotIII: THE DEATH OF COUNSEL: SIR THOMAS WYATT AND HENRY HOWARD, EARL OF SURREY; 12. Sir Thomas Wyatt: Poetry and Politics; 13. Tyranny Condemned; 14. Wyatt's Embassy, Treason, and 'The Defence'; 15. Pleading with Power; 16. 'Wyatt Resteth Here'; 17. Writing Under Tyranny; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-923197-4

0-19-153619-9

1-280-75793-0

9786610757930

1-4294-9297-X

OCLC:

746747099