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A Mirror for Magistrates" and the Politics of the English Reformation (Massachusetts Studies in Early Modern Culture)
Scott Lucas
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Hardcover. Perhaps no other work of secular poetry was as widely read as the historical verse tragedy collection "A Mirror for Magistrates". This work shows that modern critics have misconstrued the purpose of the tragic verse narratives of the Mirror, approaching them as uncontroversial meditations on abstract political and philosophical doctrines. Series: Massachusetts Studies in Early Modern Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
This work offers a bold reassessment of a major work of sixteenth-century English literature. Perhaps no other work of secular poetry was as widely read in Tudor England as the historical verse tragedy collection ""A Mirror for Magistrates"". For over sixty years (1559-1621), this compendium of monologues presented in the voices of fallen political figures from England's past remained almost constantly in print, offering both exemplary warnings to English rulers and inspiring models for literary authors, including Spenser and Shakespeare. In a striking departure from previous scholarship, Scott Lucas shows that modern critics have misconstrued the purpose of the tragic ... Read more
This work offers a bold reassessment of a major work of sixteenth-century English literature. Perhaps no other work of secular poetry was as widely read in Tudor England as the historical verse tragedy collection ""A Mirror for Magistrates"". For over sixty years (1559-1621), this compendium of monologues presented in the voices of fallen political figures from England's past remained almost constantly in print, offering both exemplary warnings to English rulers and inspiring models for literary authors, including Spenser and Shakespeare. In a striking departure from previous scholarship, Scott Lucas shows that modern critics have misconstrued the purpose of the tragic ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
Series
Massachusetts Studies in Early Modern Culture
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781558497061
SKU
V9781558497061
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About Scott Lucas
SCOTT LUCAS is associate professor of English at The Citadel.
Reviews for A Mirror for Magistrates" and the Politics of the English Reformation (Massachusetts Studies in Early Modern Culture)
This book makes a distinctive and important contribution to both Tudor literature and Tudor history and will be read by students of both. And it is written in excellent, jargon-free prose. I strongly recommend it. - Patrick Collinson, author of The Reformation: A History