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.
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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.