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The Discontented Cavalier. The Work of Sir John Suckling in Its Social, Religious, Political, and Literary Contexts.
Robert Wilcher
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Description for The Discontented Cavalier. The Work of Sir John Suckling in Its Social, Religious, Political, and Literary Contexts.
Hardback. Num Pages: 445 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 169 x 28. Weight in Grams: 812.
This comprehensive study of the literary output of Sir John Suckling reconstructs the various contexts in which the poems, plays, letters, and prose tracts were produced and, by means of close textual analysis, reveals the nature of one writer's engagement_both creative and subversive_with the social, religious, political, and cultural dimensions of Caroline England. It challenges the common view of Suckling as primarily a court wit and courtier playwright and makes a case for reading much of his poetry and drama as a critique of the social values and aesthetic fashions associated with the patronage of Queen Henrietta Maria. In other ... Read more
This comprehensive study of the literary output of Sir John Suckling reconstructs the various contexts in which the poems, plays, letters, and prose tracts were produced and, by means of close textual analysis, reveals the nature of one writer's engagement_both creative and subversive_with the social, religious, political, and cultural dimensions of Caroline England. It challenges the common view of Suckling as primarily a court wit and courtier playwright and makes a case for reading much of his poetry and drama as a critique of the social values and aesthetic fashions associated with the patronage of Queen Henrietta Maria. In other ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
445
Condition
New
Number of Pages
445
Place of Publication
Delaware, United States
ISBN
9781611493320
SKU
V9781611493320
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99-15
About Robert Wilcher
Robert Wilcher recently retired as reader in early modern studies at the University of Birmingham.
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