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Royal Poetrie : Monarchic Verse and the Political Imaginary of Early Modern England.

Herman, Peter C.

Royal Poetrie : Monarchic Verse and the Political Imaginary of Early Modern England. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (245 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Henry VIII and the Political Imaginary of Early Tudor England -- Mary, Queen of Scots and the Poetics of Monarchy -- Elizabeth I, Privacy, and the Performance of Monarchic Verse -- King James VI/I and the Scene of Monarchic Verse -- Charles I and the End(s) of Monarchic Verse -- Works Cited -- Index.

The first book to address the significance of a poems produced by the Tudor-Stuart monarchs, focusing on how how the monarchs' poems express and extend their power and control.

9780801459825


English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.
Kings and rulers as poets -- Great Britain -- History.
Kings and rulers in literature.
Monarchy in literature.
Politics in literature.
Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603.
Great Britain -- History -- Early Stuarts, 1603-1649.


Electronic books.

PR535.K56 -- H47 2010eb

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