Literature, Satire and the Early Stuart State

McRae, Andrew Andrew McRae,

ISBN 10: 0521100429 / ISBN 13: 9780521100427

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2009

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Synopsis:

Andrew McRae examines the relation between literature and politics at a pivotal moment in English history. He argues that the most influential and incisive political satire in this period may be found in manuscript libels, scurrilous pamphlets and a range of other material written and circulated under the threat of censorship. These are the unauthorised texts of early Stuart England. From his analysis of these texts, McRae argues that satire, as the pre-eminent literary mode of discrimination and stigmatisation, helped people make sense of the confusing political conditions of the early Stuart era. It did so partly through personal attacks and partly also through sophisticated interventions into ongoing political and ideological debates. In such forms satire provided resources through which contemporary writers could define new models of political identity and construct new discourses of dissent. This book wil be of interest to political and literary historians alike.

About the Author: Andrew McRae is Senior Lecturer in the School of English at the University of Exeter. He is the author of God Speed the Plough: the Representation of Agrarian England, 1500–1660 (Cambridge, 1996) and Renaissance Drama (2003), and co-editor of The Writing of Rural England 1500–1800 (2003).

Bibliographic Details

Title: Literature, Satire and the Early Stuart State
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 2009
Binding: paperback
Condition: Very Good